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
Nganasa occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nganasa.
How Common Is The Last Name Nganasa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,465,390th most frequently held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nganasa are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 329,856. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 96 percent live, Taita Taveta County, where 3 percent live and Kwale County, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya Nganasa exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Nganasa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Nganasa last name is primarily 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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