Ngava Surname
Approximately 756 people bear this surname
Ngava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 204 | 1:39,969 | 4,849 |
| Namibia | 179 | 1:13,460 | 2,482 |
| Tanzania | 151 | 1:350,607 | 25,844 |
| Kenya | 101 | 1:457,227 | 24,042 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 1:193,343 | 19,495 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ngava (98) may also be a first name.
Ngava Demographics
Ngava Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ngava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngava (Hindi: नगवा) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngava? popularity and diffusion
Ngava is the 449,900th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 9,639,611 people. Ngava occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Ngava reside; 33 percent reside in East Africa and 33 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Ngava is also the 956,749th most common first name world-wide, held by 98 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 39,969. In Papua New Guinea Ngava is most frequent in: West New Britain, where 87 percent live, East New Britain, where 11 percent live and Madang, where 0 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea Ngava is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 24 percent live and Tanzania, where 20 percent live.
Ngava Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Ngava surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ngava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ngava in the Hindi language | ||
| नगवा | nagava | - |
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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
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- 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 Ngava
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