Ngwamah Surname
Approximately 425 people bear this surname
Ngwamah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 376 | 1:196,488 | 19,671 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Ngwamah (45) may also be a first name.
Ngwamah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwamah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngwamah is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ngwamah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwamah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 694,796th most prevalent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 17,147,167 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ngwamah reside; 88 percent reside in Central Africa and 88 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,504,468th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 45 people.
The surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 376 people, or 1 in 196,488. Barring The DR Congo this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 9 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngwamaha | 93 | 89 | / |
| Ngwamash | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ngwama | 92 | 2,629 | / |
| Ngcwama | 86 | 289 | / |
| Nkwamah | 86 | 211 | / |
| Ngwaama | 86 | 37 | / |
| Nguamah | 86 | 21 | / |
| Ngwemah | 86 | 17 | / |
| Ngwamma | 86 | 3 | / |
| Ngwamoh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nguamaha | 80 | 41 | / |
| Nkwama | 77 | 3,675 | / |
| Nguama | 77 | 1,100 | / |
| Ngwema | 77 | 970 | / |
| Ngbama | 77 | 918 | / |
| Ngwamo | 77 | 155 | / |
| Ncwama | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ngwoma | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ngwamou | 71 | 37 | / |
| Ngcwamo | 71 | 14 | / |
| N'Gbama | 71 | 11 | / |
| Ngwemoh | 71 | 7 | / |
| Ngbaima | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nkwomah | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ngwemaa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ngkuama | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ngbeama | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nguamga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkwaema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkweama | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nguaima | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngguama | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwemouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwuemoh | 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 Ngwamah
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