Ngeze Surname
Approximately 2,739 people bear this surname
Ngeze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,889 | 1:28,026 | 3,366 |
| DR Congo | 794 | 1:93,047 | 10,554 |
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Ngeze (307) may also be a first name.
Ngeze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngeze Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngeze is found most in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngeze? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 159,324th most widespread last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,660,659 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngeze reside; 70 percent reside in East Africa and 70 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 502,288th most common first name world-wide It is held by 307 people.
The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,889 people, or 1 in 28,026. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kigoma Region, where 41 percent live, Kagera Region, where 24 percent live and Geita Region, where 9 percent live. Excluding Tanzania it is found in 11 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 29 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
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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 Ngeze
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