Ngaruka Surname

416,960th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 834 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Ngaruka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngaruka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia3421:7,0451,385
Tanzania2241:236,34619,344
Botswana1651:13,2542,545
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Kenya441:1,049,54334,647
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Ngaruka (40) may also be a first name.

Ngaruka Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ngaruka is found most frequently in Namibia. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngaruka? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ngaruka is the 416,960th most commonly used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 8,738,065 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngaruka reside; 61 percent reside in Southern Africa and 61 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Ngaruka is also the 1,614,485th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 40 people.

The last name Ngaruka is most commonly occurring in Namibia, where it is held by 342 people, or 1 in 7,045. In Namibia Ngaruka is mostly found in: Omaheke Region, where 90 percent are found, Khomas Region, where 10 percent are found and Hardap Region, where 0 percent are found. Outside of Namibia this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 27 percent are found and Botswana, where 20 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
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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 Ngaruka
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