Ngunja Surname
Approximately 698 people bear this surname
Ngunja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 621 | 1:85,252 | 8,658 |
| Zimbabwe | 43 | 1:359,029 | 33,752 |
| Zambia | 23 | 1:689,127 | 26,212 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Ngunja (35) may also be a first name.
Ngunja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngunja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngunja occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngunja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 478,427th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,440,610 people. Ngunja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngunja are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Ngunja is also the 1,744,716th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 35 people.
The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 621 people, or 1 in 85,252. In Tanzania Ngunja is primarily found in: Morogoro Region, where 39 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 24 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 14 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live and Zambia, where 3 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 Ngunja
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