Ngwet Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Ngwet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 51 | 1:407,237 | 34,925 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ngwet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwet Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngwet is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwet? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,635,433rd most commonly used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ngwet are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 407,237. In Cameroon Ngwet is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 86 percent live, Centre Region, where 8 percent live and West Region, where 4 percent live. Beside Cameroon Ngwet occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent live and South Sudan, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngwete | 91 | 576 | / |
| Ngweth | 91 | 51 | / |
| Ngwett | 91 | 2 | / |
| Ngwette | 83 | 52 | / |
| Nkgwete | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngwethe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngwetch | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngweste | 83 | 1 | / |
| N'Gwete | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nguet | 80 | 528 | / |
| Ngwit | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nkwet | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ngbet | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngqwethe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngcwethe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nguett | 73 | 854 | / |
| Ngouet | 73 | 644 | / |
| Nkwete | 73 | 613 | / |
| Ngwite | 73 | 186 | / |
| Ngueth | 73 | 182 | / |
| Ngviet | 73 | 84 | / |
| N'Guet | 73 | 53 | / |
| Ngguet | 73 | 6 | / |
| Nkweth | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngueit | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkwette | 67 | 138 | / |
| N'Guett | 67 | 116 | / |
| N'Gueth | 67 | 50 | / |
| Ngouete | 67 | 36 | / |
| Ncwethe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ngwithe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ngwaite | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ngoueth | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nkweste | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwehte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkweate | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nguhete | 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 Ngwet
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