Nguve Surname
Approximately 285 people bear this surname
Nguve Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 144 | 1:367,650 | 26,957 |
| Cameroon | 133 | 1:156,158 | 17,045 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nguve (10) may also be a first name.
Nguve Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nguve Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nguve occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nguve? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 926,175th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,570,337 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nguve live; 51 percent live in East Africa and 51 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used given name globally, borne by 10 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 144 people, or 1 in 367,650. In Tanzania Nguve is most frequent in: Mara Region, where 61 percent are found, Kilimanjaro Region, where 33 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Tanzania Nguve is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 47 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Nguve
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