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 has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Ngaunje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngaunje? popularity and diffusion
Ngaunje is the 242,121st most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 4,419,373 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngaunje are found; 59 percent are found in Southern Africa and 59 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 974,243rd most commonly used forename world-wide, borne by 95 people.
The surname is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 941 people, or 1 in 18,192. Without taking into account Malawi Ngaunje occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 41 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 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 Ngaunje
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