Ndungwa Surname

144,454th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,076 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Ndungwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ndungwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2,9061:15,8911,901
DR Congo891:830,10857,152
Zimbabwe571:270,84628,330
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Ndungwa (779) may also be a first name.

Ndungwa Last Name Facts

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

Ndungwa is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ndungwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 144,454th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 2,369,163 people. The last name Ndungwa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ndungwa are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 293,989th most frequent forename in the world It is held by 779 people.

It is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 2,906 people, or 1 in 15,891. In Kenya it is most common in: Machakos County, where 41 percent live, Makueni County, where 33 percent live and Nairobi County, where 13 percent live. Besides Kenya Ndungwa exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.

Ndungwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Ndungwa last name is primarily 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
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  • 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 Ndungwa
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