Ngoani Surname

1,218,745th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 192 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Ngoani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngoani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1511:350,60725,844
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514

Ngoani Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ngoani Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ngoani is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngoani? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,218,745th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 37,955,968 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngoani reside; 79 percent reside in East Africa and 79 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 151 people, or 1 in 350,607. In Tanzania Ngoani is primarily found in: Rukwa Region, where 99 percent reside, Katavi Region, where 1 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Tanzania Ngoani occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 21 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngohani9223/
Ngoanoi921/
Ngouagni8620/
N'Gouani862/
Ngouanai861/
Ngohangi861/
Ngoana83105/
Ngaoni8378/
Ngoane8355/
Ngoanh831/
Ngouagnie801/
Ngouana772,150/
Ngouoni771,630/
Ngouane77639/
Ngaonoi77397/
Ngohane773/
Nkgoane772/
Ngouany772/
Ngoanet772/
Ngoamne771/
Ngoyoni771/
Ngaonii771/
Ngouanet71497/
Ngouaneu7171/
Ngouanyo7127/
N'Gouanh7113/
Ngouagne7113/
Ngouanje712/
Nggohoni711/
N'Gouana711/
Ngouan'a711/
Ngouanea711/
Ngouanne711/
Ngouonie711/
N'Gouane711/
Ngouogni711/
Ngaona679/
Ngaone672/
Ngouannet671/

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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 Ngoani
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