Ngolya Surname
Approximately 247 people bear this surname
Ngolya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 241 | 1:191,618 | 14,201 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ngolya (39) may also be a first name.
Ngolya Demographics
Ngolya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ngolya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngolya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngolya is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngolya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,022,958th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,504,234 people. The surname Ngolya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngolya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Ngolya is also the 1,637,361st most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 39 people.
This surname is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 241 people, or 1 in 191,618. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kitui County, where 34 percent live, Makueni County, where 32 percent live and Machakos County, where 29 percent live. Aside from Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 2 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
Ngolya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Ngolya last name is chiefly 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 Ngolya
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