Ngeleshi Surname
Approximately 510 people bear this surname
Ngeleshi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 172 | 1:92,151 | 7,541 |
| Tanzania | 167 | 1:317,016 | 24,066 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Kenya | 80 | 1:577,249 | 27,285 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ngeleshi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngeleshi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngeleshi is found most frequently in Zambia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngeleshi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ngeleshi is the 607,405th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 14,289,306 people. The surname Ngeleshi is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngeleshi live; 48 percent live in East Africa and 34 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most widespread in Zambia, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 92,151. In Zambia Ngeleshi is most prevalent in: North-Western Province, where 71 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 16 percent reside and Southern Province, where 10 percent reside. Beside Zambia Ngeleshi exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 33 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 17 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
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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 Ngeleshi
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