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
Ngalya occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Ngalya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngalya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 70,774th most prevalent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,043,314 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngalya reside; 61 percent reside in East Africa and 61 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 279,019th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 853 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 4,252 people, or 1 in 12,451. In Tanzania Ngalya is most prevalent in: Dodoma Region, where 52 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 12 percent reside and Tabora Region, where 9 percent reside. Besides Tanzania Ngalya occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 39 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 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 Ngalya
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