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
Ng'ang'a is most common in Kenya. It can be found in the variant forms: Ng'áng'á. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ng'ang'a? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,232nd most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 105,356 people. The surname Ng'ang'a is predominantly 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 frequent forename throughout the world, borne by 17,150 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 69,050 people, or 1 in 669. In Kenya Ng'ang'a is primarily concentrated in: Kiambu County, where 32 percent reside, Nakuru County, where 15 percent reside and Muranga County, where 13 percent reside. Other than Kenya Ng'ang'a exists in 27 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Botswana, where 0 percent reside.
Ng'ang'a Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Ng'ang'a surname 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
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