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 is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngalya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ngalya is the 70,774th most commonly used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,043,314 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngalya live; 61 percent live in East Africa and 61 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 279,019th most prevalent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 853 people.
It is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 4,252 people, or 1 in 12,451. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Dodoma Region, where 52 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 12 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 9 percent are found. Beside Tanzania it exists 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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