Ngarukiye Surname

97,597th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,862 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Rwanda
Highest density in:
Rwanda

Ngarukiye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngarukiye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Rwanda4,3411:2,618637
DR Congo4581:161,30916,675
Uganda531:736,59036,183
France21:33,211,361423,184
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224

Ngarukiye (110) may also be a first name.

Ngarukiye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ngarukiye is borne by more people in Rwanda than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngarukiye? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 97,597th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,498,878 people. The last name Ngarukiye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngarukiye live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 895,203rd most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 110 people.

Ngarukiye is most common in Rwanda, where it is carried by 4,341 people, or 1 in 2,618. Without taking into account Rwanda this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 9 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

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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 Ngarukiye
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