Ngengya Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Ngengya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngengya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya801:577,24927,285
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665

Ngengya (10) may also be a first name.

Ngengya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ngengya is found most in Kenya. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngengya? popularity and diffusion

Ngengya is the 1,839,022nd most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngengya live; 79 percent live in East Africa and 79 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Ngengya is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name world-wide, borne by 10 people.

The surname Ngengya is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 577,249. In Kenya Ngengya is mostly concentrated in: Makueni County, where 85 percent are found, Kitui County, where 5 percent are found and Machakos County, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Kenya it occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 21 percent are found.

Ngengya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Ngengya last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngendya861/
Ngendja71123/
Ngendia715/
Ngendea714/
Nguendia6771/
Nguendja6758/
Ngndja621/
Ngendjo5716/
Ngndjah571/
Nguendahayo561/
Ngeendahayo561/
Ngendahaayo561/
Nguendjo5384/
Nghendjo538/
N'Gendio531/
Ngendeho531/
Nguindja531/
Nguendjio5033/
Nguendjou502/

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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 Ngengya
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