Nangoni Surname

1,104,724th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 221 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nangoni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nangoni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2021:193,26415,695
Kenya141:3,298,56438,706
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Nangoni Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nangoni is most common in Uganda. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nangoni.

How Common Is The Last Name Nangoni? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nangoni is the 1,104,724th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 32,975,321 people. Nangoni is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nangoni live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 193,264. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Manafwa District, where 85 percent are found, Bulambuli District, where 4 percent are found and Mbale District, where 3 percent are found. Beside Uganda it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 6 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.

Nangoni Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Nangoni
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