Nyangoe Surname
Approximately 279 people bear this surname
Nyangoe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 149 | 1:139,390 | 15,562 |
| Tanzania | 125 | 1:423,533 | 29,670 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
Nyangoe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyangoe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyangoe is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyangoe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 940,398th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 26,120,236 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyangoe live; 53 percent live in Central Africa and 53 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Nyangoe is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 139,390. In Cameroon Nyangoe is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 87 percent reside, East Region, where 10 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 45 percent reside and Liberia, 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
- 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 Nyangoe
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