Ngigwana Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Ngigwana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Ngigwana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngigwana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngigwana is found most in Tanzania. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngigwana? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ngigwana is the 8,193,072nd most widely held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Ngigwana live; 60 percent live in East Africa and 60 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 17,647,204. In Tanzania Ngigwana is primarily concentrated in: Arusha Region, where 33 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 33 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 40 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gigwana | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nigwana | 93 | 1 | / |
| Naigwana | 88 | 6 | / |
| Ngugwana | 88 | 1 | / |
| Naigwanga | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nikwana | 80 | 3 | / |
| Negwana | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nicwana | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngoikwanga | 78 | 1 | / |
| Nxikwana | 75 | 26 | / |
| Gaikwana | 75 | 1 | / |
| Njikwana | 75 | 1 | / |
| Njiqwana | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ngukwana | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nghikwena | 71 | 27 | / |
| Naikwanga | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nzikwanga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nykwana | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gekwana | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niquana | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gehgbana | 63 | 15 | / |
| Ncekwana | 63 | 4 | / |
| Kgekwana | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nhekwana | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nequkwana | 59 | 1 | / |
| Gequana | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nekwango | 50 | 1 | / |
| Giguonou | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Ngigwana
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis