Ngungwe Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Ngungwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Ngungwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngungwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngungwe is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngungwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,908,606th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Ngungwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngungwe are found; 69 percent are found in East Africa and 69 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 4,812,874. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Iringa Region, where 82 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 9 percent live and Njombe Region, where 9 percent live. Besides Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 25 percent live and Zambia, where 6 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 Ngungwe
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