Ngaiya Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Ngaiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Ngaiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngaiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngaiya is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngaiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ngaiya is the 4,427,875th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngaiya live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Ngaiya is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 2,307,674. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 78 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 11 percent are found and Far North Region, where 11 percent are found. Barring Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 45 percent are found and Kenya, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Ngaiya
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