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
The last name Ngiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻜﻴﻪ) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 560,645th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 12,875,523 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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 commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 257 people.
Ngiya is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 280 people, or 1 in 263,856. Besides The DR Congo it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 26 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent are found.
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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