Ngurube Surname
Approximately 470 people bear this surname
Ngurube Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 329 | 1:160,917 | 14,365 |
| Zimbabwe | 75 | 1:205,843 | 23,645 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Ngurube (29) may also be a first name.
Ngurube Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngurube Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngurube is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngurube? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 645,032nd most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 15,505,417 people. Ngurube is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngurube are found; 70 percent are found in East Africa and 70 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most widely held first name internationally, held by 29 people.
The last name Ngurube is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 329 people, or 1 in 160,917. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 73 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 22 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 16 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngurubhe | 93 | 1 | / |
| Gurube | 92 | 120 | / |
| Nguruwe | 86 | 2,002 | / |
| Nguruve | 86 | 1,309 | / |
| Ngorube | 86 | 87 | / |
| Ngurubi | 86 | 5 | / |
| Gurubes | 86 | 2 | / |
| Nguruba | 86 | 2 | / |
| Gurubett | 80 | 13 | / |
| Ngorubie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngguruba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Guruve | 77 | 149 | / |
| Guruba | 77 | 127 | / |
| Gurubi | 77 | 90 | / |
| Norube | 77 | 9 | / |
| Gorube | 77 | 5 | / |
| Nuruba | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nguruwi | 71 | 237 | / |
| Nurubay | 71 | 62 | / |
| Nurubai | 71 | 11 | / |
| Gurubai | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ngorobe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Gurouba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kguruba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nguruwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngouroubay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Norubee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gurubhi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nnurubi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nguruva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gaurubai | 67 | 315 | / |
| Gurubhai | 67 | 84 | / |
| Gourubai | 67 | 20 | / |
| Gurubaya | 67 | 15 | / |
| Nurubhai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gourouba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gouroubi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ngurube
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