Ngamiya Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Ngamiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
Ngamiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngamiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngamiya is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ngamiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngamiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,369,340th most prevalent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. Ngamiya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngamiya are found; 81 percent are found in Southern Africa and 81 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Ngamiya is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Apart from Malawi it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 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 Ngamiya
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