Ngenya Surname
Approximately 550 people bear this surname
Ngenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 224 | 1:206,160 | 14,854 |
| Tanzania | 215 | 1:246,240 | 19,907 |
| Zimbabwe | 74 | 1:208,625 | 23,867 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Ngenya (44) may also be a first name.
Ngenya Demographics
Ngenya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ngenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngenya is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngenya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 572,911th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,250,083 people. Ngenya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngenya reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 79 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 44 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 224 people, or 1 in 206,160. In Kenya Ngenya is primarily concentrated in: Kwale County, where 63 percent live, Kiambu County, where 25 percent live and Mombasa County, where 4 percent live. Apart from Kenya this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 39 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 13 percent live.
Ngenya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Ngenya last name is predominantly Christian (75%) in Kenya.
Ngenya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 92.8% less than the national average, earning R 17,100 per year.
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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 Ngenya
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