Ngoiya Surname
Approximately 231 people bear this surname
Ngoiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 211 | 1:250,908 | 20,278 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
Ngoiya Demographics
Ngoiya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ngoiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngoiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngoiya is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngoiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ngoiya is the 1,073,555th most common last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 31,547,818 people. The surname Ngoiya occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ngoiya live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 211 people, or 1 in 250,908. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 65 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 26 percent live and Tanga Region, where 4 percent live. Other than Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 5 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.
Ngoiya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Ngoiya surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ngoiya
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