Ngesheya Surname
Approximately 882 people bear this surname
Ngesheya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 878 | 1:2,744 | 450 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Ngesheya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngesheya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngesheya is carried by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngesheya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 398,988th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,262,524 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngesheya are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Namibia, where it is borne by 878 people, or 1 in 2,744. In Namibia Ngesheya is mostly found in: Ohangwena Region, where 37 percent are found, Oshikoto Region, where 22 percent are found and Khomas Region, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Namibia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 0 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Ngesheya
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