Ngurira Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Ngurira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngurira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Ngurira (31) may also be a first name.

Ngurira Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ngurira Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ngurira has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ngurira click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngurira? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,587,209th most common surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Ngurira is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngurira are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Ngurira is also the 1,874,099th most common first name throughout the world, held by 31 people.

The last name Ngurira is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 1,403,476. In Zimbabwe Ngurira is most prevalent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 82 percent reside, Masvingo Province, where 9 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe it occurs in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 8 percent reside.

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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
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  • 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 Ngurira
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