Ngayaye Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Ngayaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Ngayaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngayaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngayaye occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngayaye? popularity and diffusion
Ngayaye is the 8,968,613th most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngayaye reside; 75 percent reside in Southern Africa and 75 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Ngayaye is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 7,719,120. In Zimbabwe Ngayaye is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 50 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 50 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 25 percent reside and Malawi, where 25 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 Ngayaye
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