Ngwem Surname
Approximately 680 people bear this surname
Ngwem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 672 | 1:30,906 | 4,168 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ngwem (52) may also be a first name.
Ngwem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngwem occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwem? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ngwem is the 487,899th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 10,716,979 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngwem are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Ngwem is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly held first name on earth, held by 52 people.
Ngwem is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 672 people, or 1 in 30,906. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 57 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 40 percent are found and South Region, where 0 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in France, where 0 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngweme | 91 | 194 | / |
| Ngwuem | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ng'weme | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ngqweme | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngwen | 80 | 643 | / |
| Nguem | 80 | 243 | / |
| Nqwem | 80 | 21 | / |
| Ngbem | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ngwim | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nkwem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngvem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngwne | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngouem | 73 | 207 | / |
| Nkweme | 73 | 123 | / |
| N'Guem | 73 | 99 | / |
| Ncweme | 73 | 13 | / |
| Nqweme | 73 | 12 | / |
| Ngwime | 73 | 9 | / |
| Ngueam | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ngveme | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkweem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngweun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nguhem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngoueme | 67 | 375 | / |
| Ngwn | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngwouen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwengh | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Gouem | 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 Ngwem
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