Ngweh Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Ngweh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 66 | 1:314,683 | 29,051 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ngweh (195) may also be a first name.
Ngweh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngweh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngweh is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngweh? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ngweh is the 2,168,711th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. Ngweh is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ngweh live; 86 percent live in Central Africa and 86 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ngweh is also the 649,894th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 195 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 314,683. In Cameroon Ngweh is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 74 percent live, Littoral Region, where 15 percent live and Southwest Region, where 3 percent live. Besides Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 11 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngwieh | 91 | 40 | / |
| Ngwehe | 91 | 10 | / |
| Ngweeh | 91 | 5 | / |
| Ngweah | 91 | 2 | / |
| Ngwueh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ngwe | 89 | 14,448 | / |
| Ng'wehe | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ngwuehe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ningweh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngwetch | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngwej | 80 | 7,705 | / |
| Ngwey | 80 | 1,123 | / |
| Ngwee | 80 | 864 | / |
| Ngwei | 80 | 326 | / |
| Ngueh | 80 | 151 | / |
| Nkweh | 80 | 121 | / |
| Nkgwe | 80 | 102 | / |
| Ngwie | 80 | 42 | / |
| Ngwea | 80 | 33 | / |
| Ngwez | 80 | 21 | / |
| Ngwih | 80 | 6 | / |
| Ngweu | 80 | 6 | / |
| Nngwe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ngbeh | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nghwe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ngwue | 80 | 2 | / |
| N'Gwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngwep | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngwge | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngwhi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nqgwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngcwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngwwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngveh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngkwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngquwe | 73 | 202 | / |
| Ngwije | 73 | 48 | / |
| Ngbeah | 73 | 28 | / |
| Ngueah | 73 | 27 | / |
| Ngoueh | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nkweha | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ngwuih | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nkweth | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkwieh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngwuee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngweee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nguheh | 73 | 1 | / |
| N'Gueh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngwoue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngwuej | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngwaih | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkweeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngwa | 67 | 27,338 | / |
| Ngue | 67 | 5,984 | / |
| Nkwe | 67 | 5,892 | / |
| Ngbe | 67 | 1,135 | / |
| Ngwi | 67 | 517 | / |
| Ngqukwe | 67 | 27 | / |
| Ngoueha | 67 | 18 | / |
| Nqwe | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ncwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngoueth | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngingwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngve | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngehebe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nningwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nengwei | 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
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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 Ngweh
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