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
The surname Ngaiya is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngaiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,427,875th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. Ngaiya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngaiya are found; 50 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Ngaiya is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 2,307,674. In Cameroon Ngaiya is most common in: Northwest Region, where 78 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 11 percent are found and Far North Region, where 11 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 45 percent are found and Kenya, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis