Nganasa Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Nganasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 140 | 1:329,856 | 20,127 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Nganasa Demographics
Nganasa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nganasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nganasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nganasa is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nganasa? popularity and diffusion
Nganasa is the 1,465,390th most frequently held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nganasa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 140 people, or 1 in 329,856. In Kenya Nganasa is primarily found in: Kakamega County, where 96 percent live, Taita Taveta County, where 3 percent live and Kwale County, where 1 percent live. Excluding Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Nganasa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Nganasa last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Nganasa
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