Ngaunje Surname
Approximately 1,649 people bear this surname
Ngaunje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 941 | 1:18,192 | 2,844 |
| Tanzania | 675 | 1:78,432 | 8,077 |
| Zimbabwe | 32 | 1:482,445 | 40,356 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
Ngaunje (95) may also be a first name.
Ngaunje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngaunje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngaunje is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ngaunje.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngaunje? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 242,121st most frequently used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 4,419,373 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngaunje live; 59 percent live in Southern Africa and 59 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 974,243rd most frequently held forename globally, held by 95 people.
This surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 941 people, or 1 in 18,192. Without taking into account Malawi this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 41 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 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 Ngaunje
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