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 most in Cameroon. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwenyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 830,559th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 21,884,522 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwenyi are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Ngwenyi is also the 403,380th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 450 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 317 people, or 1 in 65,518. In Cameroon Ngwenyi is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 72 percent reside, Centre Region, where 10 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon Ngwenyi is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 2 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Ngwenyi
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