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
Ngunja is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngunja? popularity and diffusion
Ngunja is the 478,427th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 10,440,610 people. This surname is primarily found 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. It is also the 1,744,716th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 35 people.
This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 621 people, or 1 in 85,252. In Tanzania Ngunja is most prevalent in: Morogoro Region, where 39 percent reside, Dodoma Region, where 24 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 14 percent reside. Beside Tanzania Ngunja exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent reside and Zambia, where 3 percent reside.
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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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