Ngwecha Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Ngwecha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 47 | 1:441,895 | 37,035 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
Ngwecha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwecha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngwecha is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwecha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,718,172nd most frequently used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwecha reside; 92 percent reside in Central Africa and 92 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 441,895. In Cameroon Ngwecha is most common in: Southwest Region, where 57 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 38 percent reside and Centre Region, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon it exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 8 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
- 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 Ngwecha
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