Tamngwa Surname
Approximately 396 people bear this surname
Tamngwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 389 | 1:53,391 | 6,959 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tamngwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamngwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tamngwa occurs most in Cameroon. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamngwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 731,961st most prevalent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 18,402,894 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tamngwa are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 389 people, or 1 in 53,391. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 69 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 8 percent reside and South Region, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 0 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 Tamngwa
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