Nganji Surname
Approximately 1,651 people bear this surname
Nganji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 909 | 1:22,848 | 3,102 |
| Tanzania | 280 | 1:189,077 | 16,295 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Indonesia | 69 | 1:1,916,655 | 121,671 |
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Rwanda | 36 | 1:315,694 | 1,449 |
| Burundi | 9 | 1:1,089,428 | 846 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Nganji (31) may also be a first name.
Nganji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nganji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nganji (Marathi: ंगंजी) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nganji? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 241,884th most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 4,414,019 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Nganji live; 65 percent live in Central Africa and 65 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Nganji is also the 1,874,099th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 31 people.
The surname Nganji is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 909 people, or 1 in 22,848. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 62 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 17 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 6 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 17 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nganji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nganji in the Marathi language | ||
| ंगंजी | nganji | - |
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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
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- 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 Nganji
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