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
The surname Ngwachi is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ngwachi.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwachi? popularity and diffusion
Ngwachi is the 7,117,718th most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Ngwachi is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwachi are found; 71 percent are found in East Africa and 57 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Ngwachi is also the 885,979th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 112 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 80 percent live and Kajiado County, where 20 percent live. Aside from Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It is also common 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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