Ngasamo Surname
Approximately 181 people bear this surname
Ngasamo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 167 | 1:317,016 | 24,066 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Ngasamo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngasamo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngasamo is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngasamo? popularity and diffusion
Ngasamo is the 1,267,784th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 40,262,685 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Ngasamo live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 167 people, or 1 in 317,016. In Tanzania Ngasamo is most numerous in: Simiyu Region, where 96 percent are found, Shinyanga Region, where 2 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 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
- 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 Ngasamo
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