Ngerenya Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Ngerenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Ngerenya (21) may also be a first name.
Ngerenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngerenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngerenya occurs most in The DR Congo. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngerenya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,967,751st most commonly used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The surname Ngerenya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngerenya reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 21 people.
The last name Ngerenya is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 830,108. Outside of The DR Congo this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerenya | 93 | 2 | / |
| Nyerenya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nherenya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Gerenia | 80 | 228 | / |
| Gerenja | 80 | 4 | / |
| Gerenea | 80 | 4 | / |
| Girenya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nerynya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gerinya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Geroinya | 75 | 23 | / |
| Guerenia | 75 | 15 | / |
| Gerzenia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gneregna | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nnerinya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gerginyay | 71 | 41 | / |
| Ghehrenia | 71 | 37 | / |
| Naggirinya | 67 | 587 | / |
| Girinya | 67 | 90 | / |
| Grejnia | 67 | 45 | / |
| Gerinea | 67 | 30 | / |
| Gerenio | 67 | 15 | / |
| Gereneo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gerinia | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nirinya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Geremía | 67 | 1 | / |
| Girenja | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ngerenya
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