Ngwes Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Ngwes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Ngwes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngwes is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ngwes.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwes? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 10,311,814th most commonly used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Ngwes occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwes reside; 100 percent reside in Central Africa and 100 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
Ngwes is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Ngwes is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 50 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 50 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 33 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngwese | 91 | 954 | / |
| Ngweshe | 83 | 814 | / |
| Ngwesse | 83 | 329 | / |
| Ngwetse | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nngwese | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngqwese | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngwej | 80 | 7,705 | / |
| Ngues | 80 | 29 | / |
| Ngwez | 80 | 21 | / |
| Nkwese | 73 | 87 | / |
| Nggues | 73 | 20 | / |
| Ngwise | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ngwece | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nguess | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngwuej | 73 | 1 | / |
| N'Gues | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngwishe | 67 | 12 | / |
| Nkweshe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nggueis | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngcwece | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nqweshe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwesse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkweise | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwetch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngouese | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ngwes
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