Ngwachi Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Ngwachi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Ngwachi (112) may also be a first name.
Ngwachi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwachi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngwachi is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwachi? popularity and diffusion
Ngwachi is the 7,117,718th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Ngwachi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwachi live; 71 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Ngwachi is also the 885,979th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 112 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya Ngwachi is most numerous in: Kakamega County, where 80 percent live and Kajiado County, where 20 percent live. Excluding Kenya this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 14 percent live and Nigeria, where 14 percent live.
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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 Ngwachi
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