Ngatara Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Ngatara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 75 | 1:615,732 | 28,396 |
| Cameroon | 56 | 1:370,876 | 32,690 |
| Tanzania | 17 | 1:3,114,213 | 50,054 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
Ngatara (101) may also be a first name.
Ngatara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngatara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngatara is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngatara? popularity and diffusion
Ngatara is the 1,422,956th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngatara are found; 61 percent are found in East Africa and 61 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Ngatara is also the 940,641st most common forename internationally It is held by 101 people.
The surname Ngatara is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 615,732. In Kenya Ngatara is most numerous in: Kiambu County, where 75 percent live, Nairobi County, where 12 percent live and Laikipia County, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 37 percent live and Tanzania, where 11 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
- 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 Ngatara
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