Ng'oma Surname
Approximately 15,747 people bear this surname
Ng'oma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 11,685 | 1:1,465 | 144 |
| Zambia | 3,037 | 1:5,219 | 640 |
| Tanzania | 999 | 1:52,995 | 5,836 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Ng'oma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ng'oma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ng'oma is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ng'oma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ng'oma is the 33,707th most numerous family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 462,789 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ng'oma are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 11,685 people, or 1 in 1,465. Besides Malawi it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 19 percent live and Tanzania, where 6 percent live.
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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
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