Ngwenyi Surname
Approximately 333 people bear this surname
Ngwenyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 317 | 1:65,518 | 8,305 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Ngwenyi (450) may also be a first name.
Ngwenyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwenyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngwenyi is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwenyi? popularity and diffusion
Ngwenyi is the 830,559th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,884,522 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwenyi reside; 96 percent reside in Central Africa and 96 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Ngwenyi is also the 403,380th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 450 people.
The surname Ngwenyi is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 317 people, or 1 in 65,518. In Cameroon Ngwenyi is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 72 percent are found, Centre Region, where 10 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 2 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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
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