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
The last name Ngiga is most common in Tanzania. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngiga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 433,610th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,189,844 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Ngiga live; 77 percent live in East Africa and 76 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Ngiga is also the 2,301,746th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 22 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 604 people, or 1 in 87,652. In Tanzania Ngiga is most prevalent in: Morogoro Region, where 90 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 9 percent are found and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Tanzania it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 16 percent are found and Indonesia, where 7 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 Ngiga
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