Ngunwa Surname
Approximately 931 people bear this surname
Ngunwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 882 | 1:60,025 | 6,446 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ngunwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngunwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngunwa occurs most in Tanzania. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ngunwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngunwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 382,372nd most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 7,827,654 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngunwa live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 882 people, or 1 in 60,025. In Tanzania it is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 60 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 28 percent live and Iringa Region, where 12 percent live. Aside from Tanzania Ngunwa is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and Uganda, where 0 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 Ngunwa
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