Ngobya Surname
Approximately 877 people bear this surname
Ngobya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 764 | 1:51,099 | 6,176 |
| Tanzania | 105 | 1:504,206 | 33,569 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Ngobya (13) may also be a first name.
Ngobya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngobya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngobya occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngobya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ngobya is the 400,713th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 8,309,630 people. The surname Ngobya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngobya are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Ngobya is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 13 people.
The last name is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 764 people, or 1 in 51,099. In Uganda it is most common in: Rakai District, where 34 percent are found, Masaka District, where 15 percent are found and Wakiso District, where 11 percent are found. Beside Uganda this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 12 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gobya | 91 | 45 | / |
| Nobya | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ngobeyea | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ngobia | 83 | 132 | / |
| Gobyay | 83 | 8 | / |
| Ngabya | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ngobea | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ngovya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngnobia | 77 | 25 | / |
| Ngobeah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gobaiya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngobias | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngaubya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gobea | 73 | 2,414 | / |
| Gobia | 73 | 223 | / |
| Gobja | 73 | 91 | / |
| Nobia | 73 | 89 | / |
| Nobea | 73 | 57 | / |
| Nabya | 73 | 50 | / |
| Gabya | 73 | 20 | / |
| Novya | 73 | 12 | / |
| Nobyo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gobyo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Govya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngabia | 67 | 352 | / |
| Ngubia | 67 | 162 | / |
| Ngovia | 67 | 121 | / |
| Nabyha | 67 | 96 | / |
| Noubia | 67 | 92 | / |
| Gobiah | 67 | 88 | / |
| Ngabea | 67 | 54 | / |
| Goubia | 67 | 43 | / |
| Nobias | 67 | 27 | / |
| Nobeao | 67 | 18 | / |
| Ghobja | 67 | 15 | / |
| Gobias | 67 | 13 | / |
| Nnobia | 67 | 12 | / |
| Goubea | 67 | 12 | / |
| Gabyad | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gabyoa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nobija | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nabyay | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nabyap | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nabhya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ghabya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gobiay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaubya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gobiat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nabjya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngowia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nohbia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nabyaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gojbia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goybia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gnobia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngubea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngebia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngavya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Naabya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nobeea | 67 | 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
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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 Ngobya
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