Ngiga Surname
Approximately 793 people bear this surname
Ngiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 604 | 1:87,652 | 8,855 |
| Nigeria | 124 | 1:1,428,571 | 55,237 |
| Indonesia | 58 | 1:2,280,159 | 138,233 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Ngiga (22) may also be a first name.
Ngiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngiga is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngiga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 433,610th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 9,189,844 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Ngiga live; 77 percent live in East Africa and 76 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly occurring given name globally, held by 22 people.
It is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 604 people, or 1 in 87,652. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Morogoro Region, where 90 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 9 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent live. Not including Tanzania it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 16 percent live and Indonesia, where 7 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 Ngiga
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