Nghanga Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Nghanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nghanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nghanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nghanga is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nghanga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nghanga is the 5,812,366th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nghanga reside; 64 percent reside in East Africa and 55 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 8,823,602. In Tanzania Nghanga is most frequent in: Dodoma Region, where 67 percent reside, Simiyu Region, where 17 percent reside and Singida Region, where 17 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 36 percent reside and Uganda, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Nghanga
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