Ngonja Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Ngonja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 150 | 1:138,460 | 15,452 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Ngonja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngonja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngonja is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngonja? popularity and diffusion
Ngonja is the 1,343,156th most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname Ngonja is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngonja live; 90 percent live in Central Africa and 90 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Ngonja is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 138,460. In Cameroon Ngonja is most prevalent in: Southwest Region, where 50 percent live, Littoral Region, where 41 percent live and Northwest Region, where 6 percent live. Barring Cameroon it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 5 percent live and Uganda, where 3 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Ngonja
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