Ndwigah Surname
Approximately 247 people bear this surname
Ndwigah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 243 | 1:190,041 | 14,136 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ndwigah (11) may also be a first name.
Ndwigah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ndwigah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ndwigah is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ndwigah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ndwigah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ndwigah is the 1,022,958th most widely held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. Ndwigah is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ndwigah reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Ndwigah is also the 3,487,849th most numerous given name internationally, held by 11 people.
This last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 243 people, or 1 in 190,041. In Kenya Ndwigah is mostly concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 50 percent are found, Embu County, where 40 percent are found and Kirinyaga County, where 4 percent are found. Barring Kenya this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 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 Ndwigah
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