Ngeleja Surname
Approximately 5,873 people bear this surname
Ngeleja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5,870 | 1:9,019 | 1,182 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Ngeleja (1,367) may also be a first name.
Ngeleja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngeleja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngeleja occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngeleja? popularity and diffusion
Ngeleja is the 82,506th most frequent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,240,856 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngeleja reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 211,899th most common first name globally, borne by 1,367 people.
The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 5,870 people, or 1 in 9,019. In Tanzania Ngeleja is most common in: Tabora Region, where 20 percent live, Simiyu Region, where 18 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 17 percent live. Beside Tanzania Ngeleja occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.
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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 Ngeleja
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