Ngalapa Surname
Approximately 524 people bear this surname
Ngalapa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 519 | 1:102,007 | 9,977 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Ngalapa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngalapa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngalapa occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngalapa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 594,812th most widespread last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 13,907,530 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngalapa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Ngalapa is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 519 people, or 1 in 102,007. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Morogoro Region, where 61 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 20 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 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 Ngalapa
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