Ngoye Surname
Approximately 5,971 people bear this surname
Ngoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,453 | 1:21,582 | 2,682 |
| Gabon | 2,172 | 1:870 | 150 |
| Cameroon | 575 | 1:36,120 | 4,863 |
| DR Congo | 233 | 1:317,080 | 28,591 |
| Congo | 174 | 1:28,673 | 3,006 |
| Kenya | 148 | 1:312,026 | 19,474 |
| Uganda | 80 | 1:487,991 | 28,240 |
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Senegal | 10 | 1:1,457,934 | 3,873 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
The alternate forms: Ngoyé (1) are calculated separately.
Ngoye (2,400) may also be a first name.
Ngoye Demographics
Ngoye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ngoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngoye (Russian: Нгойе) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also occur as a variant: Ngoyé. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngoye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 81,366th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,220,490 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngoye reside; 47 percent reside in Central Africa and 47 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 151,482nd most numerous given name throughout the world. It is borne by 2,400 people.
The surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 2,453 people, or 1 in 21,582. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Njombe Region, where 18 percent are found, Kigoma Region, where 15 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 11 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this surname occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in Gabon, where 36 percent are found and Cameroon, where 10 percent are found.
Ngoye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Ngoye last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Ngoye earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 209.11% more than the national average, earning R 734,556 per year and in United States they earn 85.13% less than the national average, earning $6,417 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ngoye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ngoye in the Russian language | ||
| Нгойе | ngoje | - |
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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 Ngoye
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