Ngwemetoh Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Ngwemetoh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 91 | 1:228,232 | 22,810 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
Ngwemetoh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwemetoh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngwemetoh is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwemetoh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ngwemetoh is the 1,907,068th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwemetoh reside; 96 percent reside in Central Africa and 96 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 228,232. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 97 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 1 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngwemeto | 94 | 1 | / |
| Ngwimetoh | 89 | 57 | / |
| Ngwemetah | 89 | 51 | / |
| Ngwemitoh | 89 | 43 | / |
| Ngwemotoh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nguemetoh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ngwemeta | 82 | 224 | / |
| Ngwimeto | 82 | 11 | / |
| Ngwimitoh | 78 | 11 | / |
| Ngwimotoh | 78 | 8 | / |
| Nguemetah | 78 | 2 | / |
| Ngwemitah | 78 | 1 | / |
| Ngwemetat | 78 | 1 | / |
| Ngwimituoh | 74 | 1 | / |
| Nguemeta | 71 | 450 | / |
| Ngwimeta | 71 | 8 | / |
| Ngwometa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ngwemita | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ngwameta | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngouemeta | 67 | 411 | / |
| Nguemetta | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nguimetha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nguameta | 59 | 50 | / |
| Nguimeta | 59 | 25 | / |
| Ngwimita | 59 | 2 | / |
| Ngwamita | 59 | 1 | / |
| Ngwamata | 59 | 1 | / |
| Nguimitou | 56 | 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 Ngwemetoh
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