Ngwanyi Surname
Approximately 213 people bear this surname
Ngwanyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 196 | 1:105,965 | 12,437 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Ngwanyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwanyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngwanyi is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Ngwanyi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwanyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,133,308th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,213,831 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngwanyi reside; 92 percent reside in Central Africa and 92 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Ngwanyi is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 196 people, or 1 in 105,965. In Cameroon Ngwanyi is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 78 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 20 percent are found and Centre Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Cameroon Ngwanyi exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 2 percent are found and Zambia, where 2 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Ngwanyi
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