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 is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngunya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 582,776th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 13,545,624 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngunya live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Ngunya is also the 555,528th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 257 people.
The last name Ngunya is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 422 people, or 1 in 109,431. In Kenya it is most common in: Nairobi County, where 24 percent are found, Muranga County, where 22 percent are found and Siaya County, where 15 percent are found. Other than Kenya it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 13 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found.
Ngunya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Ngunya last name 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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