Ngunya Surname
Approximately 538 people bear this surname
Ngunya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 422 | 1:109,431 | 9,380 |
| Tanzania | 71 | 1:745,657 | 41,495 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Ngunya (257) may also be a first name.
Ngunya Demographics
Ngunya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ngunya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngunya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngunya occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ngunya.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngunya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 582,776th most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,545,624 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngunya live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 555,528th most common forename on earth. It is borne by 257 people.
The surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 422 people, or 1 in 109,431. In Kenya Ngunya is mostly found in: Nairobi County, where 24 percent live, Muranga County, where 22 percent live and Siaya County, where 15 percent live. Aside from Kenya it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 13 percent live and The DR Congo, where 5 percent live.
Ngunya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Ngunya surname is chiefly Christian (93%) in Kenya.
Ngunya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 82.7% less than the national average, earning R 41,100 per year.
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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 Ngunya
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