Ngambiye Surname
Approximately 347 people bear this surname
Ngambiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 339 | 1:156,170 | 14,044 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ngambiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngambiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngambiye is most common in Tanzania. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngambiye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 806,178th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 21,001,573 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ngambiye are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 339 people, or 1 in 156,170. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 97 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 1 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 2 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 Ngambiye
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