Nguga Surname
Approximately 458 people bear this surname
Nguga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 231 | 1:229,184 | 18,969 |
| Nigeria | 158 | 1:1,121,157 | 46,146 |
| Zimbabwe | 57 | 1:270,846 | 28,330 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nguga (23) may also be a first name.
Nguga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nguga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nguga is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nguga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 657,184th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 15,911,672 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nguga reside; 51 percent reside in East Africa and 51 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Nguga is also the 2,239,265th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 23 people.
Nguga is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 231 people, or 1 in 229,184. In Tanzania Nguga is primarily found in: Njombe Region, where 41 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 41 percent live and Iringa Region, where 14 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 34 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 12 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
- 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 Nguga
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