Nghitanwa Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Nghitanwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 176 | 1:13,690 | 2,523 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Nghitanwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nghitanwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nghitanwa occurs more in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nghitanwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,286,243rd most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. Nghitanwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nghitanwa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Nghitanwa is most common in Namibia, where it is held by 176 people, or 1 in 13,690. In Namibia it is mostly concentrated in: Ohangwena Region, where 44 percent reside, Oshana Region, where 29 percent reside and Khomas Region, where 24 percent reside. Barring Namibia it exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 1 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
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- 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 Nghitanwa
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