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 appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngunwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 382,372nd most frequent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 7,827,654 people. The last name Ngunwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngunwa are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Ngunwa is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 882 people, or 1 in 60,025. In Tanzania Ngunwa is primarily found in: Dodoma Region, where 60 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 28 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 12 percent are found. Besides Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 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 Ngunwa
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