Ngarawa Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Ngarawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngarawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1071:494,78133,101
Zimbabwe621:249,00426,834
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Ngarawa (19) may also be a first name.

Ngarawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ngarawa is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngarawa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,310,135th most frequent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. The surname Ngarawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngarawa live; 63 percent live in East Africa and 63 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 19 people.

The surname Ngarawa is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 107 people, or 1 in 494,781. In Tanzania Ngarawa is most frequent in: Morogoro Region, where 88 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 8 percent live and Iringa Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 36 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Ngarawua931/
Ngaraba861,034/
Ngarava86199/
Ngarewa8612/
Ngarawi861/
N'Garewa801/
Ngarouwa801/
Ngareway801/
Ngarabe71486/
Ngerewa716/
Ngarave716/
Ngarabi714/
Ngarowo711/
Ngaravy711/
Ngorewa711/
Ngorowa711/
Ngaravit6783/
Ngarouwe671/
Ngorabai671/
Ngarabei671/
Ngarouba671/
Ngourabai632/
Ngorabe572/
Ngorowo571/
Ngorowe571/
Ngorave571/
Ngorohwe5341/
Ngoraibe531/
Ngorowwi531/
Ngorowei531/
Ngourabei501/

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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 Ngarawa
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