Around the globe, Ngate (Ngate 
) is quite a common epicene first name. The forename Ngate is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare epicene name, South Africa, where it is a rare primarily male, but very infrequently female name, and Tanzania, where it is a very rare masculine name. Likewise, Ngate is the last name as well as the forename.