Ngoja Surname
Approximately 909 people bear this surname
Ngoja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 482 | 1:109,837 | 10,610 |
| Kenya | 415 | 1:111,277 | 9,493 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ngoja (115) may also be a first name.
Ngoja Demographics
Ngoja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ngoja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngoja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngoja is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngoja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 389,749th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 8,017,102 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngoja are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Ngoja is also the 873,022nd most common forename on earth, borne by 115 people.
The surname Ngoja is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 482 people, or 1 in 109,837. In Tanzania it is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 49 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 27 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 20 percent live. Apart from Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 46 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Ngoja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (78%) 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 Ngoja
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