Ngoma Surname
Approximately 346,362 people bear this surname
Ngoma Surname Definition:
Ngoma is a surname of the Senga tribe, meaning: drum or dance.
Read More About This SurnameNgoma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 93,583 | 1:53 | 1 |
| DR Congo | 93,090 | 1:794 | 62 |
| Zambia | 88,640 | 1:179 | 21 |
| Malawi | 28,546 | 1:600 | 45 |
| South Africa | 9,162 | 1:5,913 | 755 |
| Angola | 8,874 | 1:3,041 | 478 |
| Gabon | 7,730 | 1:244 | 28 |
| Tanzania | 6,219 | 1:8,513 | 1,118 |
| Zimbabwe | 4,395 | 1:3,513 | 283 |
| Kenya | 1,615 | 1:28,594 | 3,165 |
| Namibia | 1,509 | 1:1,597 | 215 |
| Cameroon | 434 | 1:47,855 | 6,262 |
| France | 380 | 1:174,797 | 27,226 |
| Nigeria | 363 | 1:487,997 | 24,474 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Botswana | 259 | 1:8,444 | 1,491 |
| England | 198 | 1:281,404 | 21,905 |
| United States | 149 | 1:2,432,610 | 149,447 |
| Belgium | 137 | 1:83,917 | 13,161 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Uganda | 117 | 1:333,669 | 22,303 |
| Indonesia | 87 | 1:1,520,106 | 102,006 |
| Rwanda | 49 | 1:231,938 | 1,267 |
| Senegal | 40 | 1:364,484 | 1,838 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Guinea | 9 | 1:1,314,869 | 1,461 |
| Central African Republic | 9 | 1:501,710 | 179 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Iceland | 8 | 1:47,511 | 3,734 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
The alternate forms: Ngóma (4) are calculated separately.
Ngoma (3,358) may also be a first name.
Ngoma Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Ngoma is a surname of the Senga tribe, meaning: drum or dance.
Ngoma is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: traditional drum.
User-submitted Reference
Ngoma is a surname from the Tumbuka tribe, northern part of Malawi, Africa.
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Average Ngoma Salary in
United States
$40,065 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ngoma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngoma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngoma (Russian: Нгома) is borne by more people in The Congo than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Ngóma. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngoma? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,563rd most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 21,040 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngoma are found; 56 percent are found in Central Africa and 56 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 123,101st most frequently used first name globally It is held by 3,358 people.
It is the most widely held last name in one country:The Congo, where 27 percent are found. It is most frequently occurring in The Congo, where it is carried by 93,583 people, or 1 in 53. In The Congo it is mostly found in: Pointe-Noire Department, where 24 percent are found, Bouenza Department, where 18 percent are found and Brazzaville Department, where 17 percent are found. Not including The Congo this surname occurs in 81 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 27 percent are found and Zambia, where 26 percent are found.
Ngoma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (89%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Ngoma surname are 23.69% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 76.92% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Ngoma earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 41.95% less than the national average, earning 200,903 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 22.93% less than the national average, earning R 183,144 per year; in United States they earn 7.15% less than the national average, earning $40,065 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.9% less than the national average, earning $33,832 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ngoma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ngoma in the Russian language | ||
| Нгома | ngoma | - |
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