Ngugi Surname
Approximately 92,880 people bear this surname
Ngugi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 87,161 | 1:530 | 72 |
| Sudan | 2,800 | 1:13,396 | 1,853 |
| Indonesia | 1,865 | 1:70,911 | 7,640 |
| United States | 425 | 1:852,845 | 64,957 |
| England | 179 | 1:311,274 | 23,420 |
| Tanzania | 129 | 1:410,400 | 28,884 |
| United Arab Emirates | 92 | 1:99,590 | 8,729 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Iceland | 8 | 1:47,511 | 3,734 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Ngugi (22,706) may also be a first name.
Ngugi Demographics
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Ngugi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngugi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngugi (Hindi: ंगूगी) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngugi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,088th most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 78,462 people. The surname Ngugi is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ngugi are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 87 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Ngugi is also the 34,340th most commonly occurring forename on earth, borne by 22,706 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 87,161 people, or 1 in 530. In Kenya it is most common in: Kiambu County, where 25 percent are found, Muranga County, where 15 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Kenya Ngugi occurs in 46 countries. It is also found in Sudan, where 3 percent are found and Indonesia, where 2 percent are found.
Ngugi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Ngugi surname are 34.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 87.5% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Ngugi earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 214.1% more than the national average, earning R 746,412 per year; in United States they earn 1.58% more than the national average, earning $43,832 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.88% less than the national average, earning $49,246 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ngugi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ngugi in the Hindi language | ||
| ंगूगी | ngugi | - |
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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 Ngugi
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