Ngalo
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ŋɡəɫoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ngalo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country.
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
- TZTanzania≈1 in 59K
- CFCentral African Republic≈1 in 99K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- South Africa (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 28 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈5,100 people, est.
Highest-authority source
South Africa, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Ng'Alo in TZ Tanzania.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ngalo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA South Africa | ≈5,100 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Ngalo | 21 |
| TZ Tanzania | ≈990 est. | ≈1 in 59K | — | Ng'Alo | 9 |
| PH Philippines | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 483K | — | Ngalo | 6 |
| CM Cameroon | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 200K | — | Ngalo | 1 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 1.8M | — | Ngalo | 7 |
| CF Central African Republic | ≈61 est. | ≈1 in 99K | 1 | — | 1 |
| CH Switzerland | 3 | 1 in 2.8M | 3 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); ANE — Liste provisoire des candidats (legislatives & regionales 2025). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 3 | #154,370 |
| CF Central African Republic | ANE — Liste provisoire des candidats (legislatives & regionales 2025) | 2025 | 1 | #7 |
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Ngalo?
- A machine transcription gives /ŋɡəɫoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Ngalo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 5.1 thousand people named Ngalo in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ngalo.
- How common is the name Ngalo?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 3 people named Ngalo in 2024, about 1 in 2.8 million residents.
What do you want to know about Ngalo?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ngaloThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ngalo”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.