Nguno Surname
Approximately 833 people bear this surname
Nguno Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 459 | 1:115,341 | 11,071 |
| Kenya | 324 | 1:142,531 | 11,485 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nguno (231) may also be a first name.
Nguno Demographics
Nguno Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nguno Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nguno Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nguno occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nguno? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 417,348th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 8,748,555 people. Nguno is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nguno live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 590,311th most numerous first name in the world, held by 231 people.
The surname Nguno is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 459 people, or 1 in 115,341. In Tanzania Nguno is primarily concentrated in: Tabora Region, where 68 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 24 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 39 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found.
Nguno Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Nguno last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Nguno
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