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
Average Ngunya Salary in
South Africa
R 41,100
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Ngunya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngunya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngunya occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngunya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ngunya is the 582,776th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 13,545,624 people. Ngunya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngunya reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 555,528th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 257 people.
Ngunya is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 422 people, or 1 in 109,431. In Kenya Ngunya is primarily concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 24 percent reside, Muranga County, where 22 percent reside and Siaya County, where 15 percent reside. Other than Kenya this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 13 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside.
Ngunya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Ngunya last name is predominantly 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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