Ngaluma Surname

506,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 648 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Ngaluma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngaluma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4791:110,52510,657
DR Congo1501:492,53039,325
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Ngaluma Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ngaluma Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ngaluma occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngaluma? popularity and diffusion

Ngaluma is the 506,165th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 11,246,213 people. Ngaluma occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngaluma are found; 76 percent are found in East Africa and 76 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 479 people, or 1 in 110,525. In Tanzania Ngaluma is primarily found in: Morogoro Region, where 39 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 14 percent live and Arusha Region, where 14 percent live. Other than Tanzania this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 23 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Ngaluma Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Ngaluma surname 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
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  • 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 Ngaluma
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