Nganyu Surname
Approximately 557 people bear this surname
Nganyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 459 | 1:45,249 | 5,951 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Nganyu (71) may also be a first name.
Nganyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nganyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nganyu is found most in Cameroon. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nganyu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nganyu is the 567,444th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,083,565 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nganyu are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most commonly occurring given name on earth, borne by 71 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 459 people, or 1 in 45,249. In Cameroon Nganyu is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 64 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 15 percent are found and Centre Region, where 10 percent are found. Besides Cameroon it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found and Indonesia, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Nganyu
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