Ngallya Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Ngallya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 85 | 1:622,843 | 38,112 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ngallya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngallya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngallya is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngallya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,020,555th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name Ngallya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngallya reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 622,843. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Ruvuma Region, where 79 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 11 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Tanzania it is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Ngallya
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