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 surname Ngava (Hindi: नगवा) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngava? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 449,900th most frequent last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 9,639,611 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Ngava reside; 33 percent reside in East Africa and 33 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 956,749th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 98 people.
The surname Ngava is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 39,969. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: West New Britain, where 87 percent are found, East New Britain, where 11 percent are found and Madang, where 0 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 24 percent are found and Tanzania, where 20 percent are found.
Ngava Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Ngava last name 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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