Ngunye Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Ngunye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 103 | 1:448,349 | 23,733 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ngunye (18) may also be a first name.
Ngunye Demographics
Ngunye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ngunye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngunye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngunye is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngunye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,795,579th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngunye reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring given name worldwide It is held by 18 people.
The surname Ngunye is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 448,349. In Kenya Ngunye is mostly found in: Kiambu County, where 54 percent live, Nyandarua County, where 43 percent live and Kakamega County, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Ngunye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Ngunye surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ngunye
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