Ngaina Surname
Approximately 1,146 people bear this surname
Ngaina Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 677 | 1:78,200 | 8,055 |
| Kenya | 300 | 1:153,933 | 12,224 |
| Cameroon | 66 | 1:314,683 | 29,051 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
The alternate forms: Ngaïna (4) are calculated separately.
Ngaina (88) may also be a first name.
Ngaina Demographics
Ngaina Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ngaina Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngaina Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngaina is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Ngaïna. For other potential spellings of Ngaina click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngaina? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 324,858th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 6,359,115 people. The surname Ngaina occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ngaina reside; 86 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,017,994th most common first name globally, held by 88 people.
Ngaina is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 677 people, or 1 in 78,200. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Dodoma Region, where 75 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 20 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 26 percent reside and Cameroon, where 6 percent reside.
Ngaina Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily 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 Ngaina
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