Nguna Surname
Approximately 2,292 people bear this surname
Nguna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,185 | 1:32,945 | 4,415 |
| DR Congo | 383 | 1:192,897 | 19,402 |
| Kenya | 323 | 1:142,972 | 11,516 |
| Indonesia | 184 | 1:718,746 | 55,532 |
| South Africa | 109 | 1:497,043 | 40,551 |
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nguna (863) may also be a first name.
Nguna Demographics
Average Nguna Salary in
South Africa
R 151,332
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Nguna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nguna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nguna occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nguna click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nguna? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 184,960th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 3,179,558 people. The last name Nguna is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Nguna are found; 66 percent are found in East Africa and 66 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 277,131st most commonly used forename globally, borne by 863 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 1,185 people, or 1 in 32,945. In Uganda Nguna is most common in: Kamuli District, where 35 percent reside, Luuka District, where 22 percent reside and Buyende District, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Uganda it is found in 17 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside and Kenya, where 14 percent reside.
Nguna Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Nguna earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.32% less than the national average, earning R 151,332 per year.
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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 Nguna
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