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 has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nganya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 231,902nd most widely held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 4,183,436 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nganya reside; 76 percent reside in Central Africa and 76 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 873,022nd most frequently used forename at a global level, held by 115 people.
The last name Nganya is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,051 people, or 1 in 19,761. In Cameroon Nganya is primarily found in: Southwest Region, where 67 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 20 percent are found and Centre Region, where 7 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found and Tanzania, where 10 percent are found.
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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