Naingwa Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Naingwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Naingwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Naingwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Naingwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Naingwa is found most in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Naingwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,063,924th most frequent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Naingwa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania Naingwa is mostly concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 44 percent are found, Ruvuma Region, where 44 percent are found and Lindi Region, where 11 percent are found. Not including Tanzania it occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 10 percent are found.

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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 Naingwa
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