Ngwei Surname
Approximately 326 people bear this surname
Ngwei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 187 | 1:111,065 | 12,922 |
| Kenya | 75 | 1:615,732 | 28,396 |
| Nigeria | 64 | 1:2,767,856 | 88,308 |
Ngwei Demographics
Ngwei Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ngwei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngwei is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 842,714th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 22,354,435 people. The last name Ngwei is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwei are found; 57 percent are found in Central Africa and 57 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
Ngwei is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 187 people, or 1 in 111,065. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 58 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 18 percent are found and Centre Region, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 23 percent are found and Nigeria, where 20 percent are found.
Ngwei Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Ngwei surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ngwei
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