Ngofilo Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Ngofilo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ngofilo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1501:352,94426,073
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906

Ngofilo Last Name Facts

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

Ngofilo is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ngofilo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngofilo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,409,418th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngofilo reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 352,944. In Tanzania Ngofilo is most frequent in: Mwanza Region, where 97 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent reside and Geita Region, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngofila866/
Goffilo863/
Nofoilo861/
Nofila7782/
Kgofelo71582/
Nofiola7114/
Nofilia718/
Nofihla716/
Nofiela715/
Nofilya715/
Ngofula714/
Noufila711/
Nafailo711/
Ngofela711/
Ngafila711/
Gafilou711/
Noufaila671/
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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 Ngofilo
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