Nguva Surname
Approximately 174 people bear this surname
Nguva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 101 | 1:524,174 | 34,222 |
| Zimbabwe | 56 | 1:275,683 | 28,626 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Nguva (59) may also be a first name.
Nguva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nguva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nguva is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nguva? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nguva is the 1,300,225th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. Nguva occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nguva are found; 66 percent are found in East Africa and 66 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 59 people.
It is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 524,174. In Tanzania Nguva is most prevalent in: Iringa Region, where 94 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 4 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 32 percent reside and 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
- 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 Nguva
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