Nganjiwa Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Nganjiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 101 | 1:1,753,889 | 63,997 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nganjiwa (31) may also be a first name.
Nganjiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nganjiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nganjiwa is found most in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nganjiwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nganjiwa is the 1,817,111th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. The last name Nganjiwa is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nganjiwa live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nganjiwa is also the 1,874,099th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 31 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 1,753,889. In Nigeria Nganjiwa is primarily found in: Borno, where 51 percent are found, Bauchi, where 20 percent are found and Kaduna, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Iceland, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngganjiwa | 94 | 63 | / |
| Nganjuiba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ngoynjiwa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ngonjiwo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ngamchaiwat | 63 | 15 | / |
| Nganyewo | 63 | 11 | / |
| Ngangeba | 63 | 4 | / |
| Ngonyiwe | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ngamchaiswas | 60 | 16 | / |
| Ngoumnjiewou | 60 | 1 | / |
| Nganyewoh | 59 | 2 | / |
| Ngonyebi | 50 | 5 | / |
| Ngangeve | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Nganjiwa
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