Ngalya Surname
Approximately 6,985 people bear this surname
Ngalya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4,252 | 1:12,451 | 1,618 |
| DR Congo | 2,716 | 1:27,202 | 3,413 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ngalya (853) may also be a first name.
Ngalya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngalya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngalya occurs most in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngalya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 70,774th most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,043,314 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngalya live; 61 percent live in East Africa and 61 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Ngalya is also the 279,019th most common forename at a global level It is held by 853 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 4,252 people, or 1 in 12,451. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Dodoma Region, where 52 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 12 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 39 percent are found and Cameroon, 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 Ngalya
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