Ngatava Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Ngatava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
Ngatava (11) may also be a first name.
Ngatava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngatava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngatava is found most in Tanzania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngatava? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,772,636th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngatava live; 53 percent live in East Africa and 53 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 11 people.
It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Morogoro Region, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania Ngatava occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 47 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 Ngatava
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