Ngwaye Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Ngwaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Ngwaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngwaye is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,091,648th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngwaye reside; 95 percent reside in Central Africa and 95 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 1,539,158. Not including The DR Congo this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 36 percent reside and South Africa, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Ngwaye
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