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 surname Ngwam occurs most in Cameroon. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,746,821st most common family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwam reside; 66 percent reside in Central Africa and 66 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 629,366. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 45 percent live, Northwest Region, where 36 percent live and Southwest Region, where 12 percent live. Other than Cameroon Ngwam exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 34 percent live.
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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