Ngelesha Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Ngelesha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngelesha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2021:262,08720,938
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Ngelesha Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ngelesha Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ngelesha is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngelesha? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,155,901st most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. The last name Ngelesha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngelesha live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Ngelesha is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 202 people, or 1 in 262,087. In Tanzania Ngelesha is primarily concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 99 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 0 percent live and Iringa Region, where 0 percent live. Other than Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live and South Africa, 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
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  • 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 Ngelesha
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