Ngiya Surname
Approximately 566 people bear this surname
Ngiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 280 | 1:263,856 | 24,810 |
| Uganda | 147 | 1:265,573 | 19,326 |
| Papua New Guinea | 120 | 1:67,948 | 8,868 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Ngiya (257) may also be a first name.
Ngiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻜﻴﻪ) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ngiya is the 560,645th most numerous family name in the world, held by around 1 in 12,875,523 people. The surname Ngiya is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Ngiya live; 49 percent live in Central Africa and 49 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ngiya is also the 555,528th most common first name world-wide It is held by 257 people.
The surname Ngiya is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 280 people, or 1 in 263,856. Other than The DR Congo this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 26 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ngiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ngiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﻜﻴﻪ | ankyh | 50 |
| ﺃﻧﻜﻴﻪ | ankyh | 50 |
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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 Ngiya
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