Ngaranda Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Ngaranda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngaranda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1561:339,36925,249
Zimbabwe121:1,286,52073,455
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Ngaranda Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ngaranda Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ngaranda is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngaranda? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ngaranda is the 1,300,225th most frequently used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngaranda are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 156 people, or 1 in 339,369. In Tanzania Ngaranda is mostly concentrated in: Pwani Region, where 60 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 35 percent reside and Mtwara Region, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania Ngaranda occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent reside and Uganda, where 3 percent reside.

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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 Ngaranda
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