Ngaruiya Surname
Approximately 6,925 people bear this surname
Ngaruiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 6,841 | 1:6,750 | 900 |
| United States | 61 | 1:5,941,950 | 288,805 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
The alternate forms: Ngarũiya (1) are calculated separately.
Ngaruiya (1,814) may also be a first name.
Ngaruiya Demographics
Ngaruiya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ngaruiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngaruiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngaruiya is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Ngarũiya. For other potential spellings of Ngaruiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngaruiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 71,312th most common last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,052,353 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngaruiya live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 179,273rd most commonly occurring given name on earth It is held by 1,814 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 6,841 people, or 1 in 6,750. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kiambu County, where 32 percent are found, Nakuru County, where 18 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 13 percent are found. Besides Kenya Ngaruiya exists in 11 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Ngaruiya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Ngaruiya are 35.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 81.82% registered with the political party.
Ngaruiya earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.72% more than the national average, earning $43,460 USD 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 Ngaruiya
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