Ngamela Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Ngamela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 190 | 1:278,640 | 21,876 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Ngamela (67) may also be a first name.
Ngamela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngamela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngamela occurs most in Tanzania. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngamela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,177,228th most numerous surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 36,076,960 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngamela are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most frequent forename internationally It is held by 67 people.
It is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 190 people, or 1 in 278,640. In Tanzania Ngamela is mostly found in: Morogoro Region, where 98 percent reside, Mtwara Region, where 1 percent reside and Ruvuma Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 5 percent reside and The DR Congo, 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 Ngamela
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