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 most in Tanzania. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngunja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 478,427th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 10,440,610 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngunja reside; 90 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most widespread forename at a global level, borne by 35 people.
Ngunja is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 621 people, or 1 in 85,252. In Tanzania Ngunja is primarily concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 39 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 24 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania Ngunja occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent are found and Zambia, where 3 percent are found.
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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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