Ngwam Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Ngwam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
Ngwam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngwam is most common in Cameroon. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,746,821st most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwam reside; 66 percent reside in Central Africa and 66 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 629,366. In Cameroon Ngwam is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 45 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 36 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 34 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngwame | 91 | 218 | / |
| Ngcwam | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ngwamm | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ngcwame | 83 | 9 | / |
| Ngwan | 80 | 1,135 | / |
| Nkwam | 80 | 514 | / |
| Ngbam | 80 | 69 | / |
| Ngwom | 80 | 19 | / |
| Nguam | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ngwane | 73 | 22,391 | / |
| Ngwain | 73 | 352 | / |
| Nguham | 73 | 16 | / |
| Nkwame | 73 | 14 | / |
| Ngueam | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nghwan | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ncwame | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngwann | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nqwame | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkwaim | 73 | 1 | / |
| N'Guam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nguaam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngwome | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngwand | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ng'wane | 67 | 395 | / |
| Ngqwane | 67 | 197 | / |
| Ngcwane | 67 | 179 | / |
| N'Gwane | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ngwahan | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nkwamme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwasem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwatyn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwanne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwaing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nggwain | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngqwang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkgwane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwaune | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwa'ne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngw'ane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nqgwane | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ngwam
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