Ngurumi Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Ngurumi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngurumi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania141:3,781,54451,645
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Ngurumi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ngurumi is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngurumi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,882,373rd most widely held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngurumi live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Ngurumi is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 3,781,544. In Tanzania Ngurumi is mostly found in: Morogoro Region, where 64 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 29 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 23 percent reside and Nigeria, where 19 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngurumai931/
Nurumi9243/
Gurumi9223/
Nguruma86222/
Gurumai8673/
Gurumis8615/
Ngurume8613/
Gurumit8612/
Nurumai862/
Gurumie861/
Gurumui861/
Guroumi861/
Guraumi861/
Gurumait8026/
Gurumuit805/
Gouroumi802/
Nurumais802/
Nuruimai801/
Gurroumi801/
Guruma77208/
Nuruma77125/
Nuromi7741/
Gurume7715/
Guromi779/
Norumi772/
Gorumi771/
Ngourouma757/
Ngoromi7131/
N'Gourouma7125/
Naurume7119/
Nguroma7115/
Nurumaa7112/
Norumei7112/
Gurumma7110/
Nauruma719/
Gurumer716/
Gauruma715/
Gurumed714/
Goroumi712/
Gurrume711/
Ngoruma711/
Ngorume711/
Gurumay711/
Gurumet711/
Gurumhe711/
Ngouroumma711/
Gourouma67502/
Gaurumma675/
Nurujjma674/
Gurusmay671/
Gurumeet671/

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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 Ngurumi
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