Ng'ang'a Surname
Approximately 69,171 people bear this surname
Ng'ang'a Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 69,050 | 1:669 | 100 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
The alternate forms: Ng'áng'á (1) are calculated separately.
Ng'ang'a (17,150) may also be a first name.
Ng'ang'a Demographics
Ng'ang'a Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ng'ang'a Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ng'ang'a Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ng'ang'a is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Ng'áng'á. For other potential spellings of Ng'ang'a click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ng'ang'a? popularity and diffusion
Ng'ang'a is the 8,232nd most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 105,356 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ng'ang'a reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Ng'ang'a is also the 42,294th most frequently held first name globally, held by 17,150 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 69,050 people, or 1 in 669. In Kenya Ng'ang'a is primarily found in: Kiambu County, where 32 percent live, Nakuru County, where 15 percent live and Muranga County, where 13 percent live. Excluding Kenya this surname exists in 27 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and Botswana, where 0 percent live.
Ng'ang'a Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Ng'ang'a last name is principally 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 Ng'ang'a
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