Nganya Surname
Approximately 1,742 people bear this surname
Nganya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,051 | 1:19,761 | 2,688 |
| DR Congo | 267 | 1:276,703 | 25,802 |
| Tanzania | 172 | 1:307,800 | 23,568 |
| Nigeria | 140 | 1:1,265,305 | 50,482 |
| Zambia | 38 | 1:417,103 | 20,300 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Nganya (115) may also be a first name.
Nganya Demographics
Average Nganya Salary in
South Africa
R 62,292
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Nganya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nganya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nganya is most common in Cameroon. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nganya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 231,902nd most common surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,183,436 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nganya are found; 76 percent are found in Central Africa and 76 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 873,022nd most widely held given name internationally. It is borne by 115 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,051 people, or 1 in 19,761. In Cameroon Nganya is most common in: Southwest Region, where 67 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 20 percent reside and Centre Region, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 15 percent reside and Tanzania, where 10 percent reside.
Nganya Last Name Statistics demography
Nganya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 73.79% less than the national average, earning R 62,292 per year.
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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 Nganya
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