Ngechu Surname
Approximately 1,754 people bear this surname
Ngechu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,556 | 1:29,679 | 3,272 |
| Nigeria | 120 | 1:1,476,190 | 56,575 |
| Cameroon | 64 | 1:324,517 | 29,689 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ngechu (202) may also be a first name.
Ngechu Demographics
Ngechu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ngechu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngechu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngechu occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngechu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ngechu is the 230,634th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,154,815 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngechu live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Ngechu is also the 637,340th most commonly used forename at a global level, borne by 202 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,556 people, or 1 in 29,679. In Kenya Ngechu is most common in: Nairobi County, where 18 percent are found, Kiambu County, where 17 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 16 percent are found. Beside Kenya it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
Ngechu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Ngechu surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ngechu
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