Ng'wandu Surname

70,547th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,006 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Ng'wandu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ng'wandu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania7,0031:7,560985
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ng'wandu (2,404) may also be a first name.

Ng'wandu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ng'wandu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ng'wandu is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ng'wandu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 70,547th most prevalent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,040,186 people. The last name Ng'wandu is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ng'wandu live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 151,353rd most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 2,404 people.

The last name Ng'wandu is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 7,003 people, or 1 in 7,560. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Simiyu Region, where 52 percent live, Shinyanga Region, where 28 percent live and Tabora Region, where 8 percent live. Besides Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngwandu93190/
Ngw'andu887/
N'Gwandu882/
Ngwandeu881/
Ngbandu80274/
Nguandu801/
Ngwamdu801/
Nkweandu751/
Ngbondu67500/
Ngboundou592/

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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'wandu
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