Ngaruya Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Ngaruya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ngaruya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngaruya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngaruya is found most in Kenya. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngaruya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ngaruya is the 6,723,624th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Ngaruya live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 7,696,650. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Laikipia County, where 67 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 17 percent reside and Nyeri County, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Kenya Ngaruya is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 13 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
- 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 Ngaruya
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