Ngwae Surname

1,218,745th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 192 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Ngwae Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngwae Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1551:297,93518,952
Solomon Islands291:20,0013,902
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Ngwae Last Name Facts

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

Ngwae occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngwae? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,218,745th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 37,955,968 people. The surname Ngwae occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Ngwae live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 155 people, or 1 in 297,935. In Kenya Ngwae is most common in: Kitui County, where 69 percent reside, Machakos County, where 30 percent reside and Embu County, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Kenya it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The Solomon Islands, where 15 percent reside and Tanzania, where 2 percent reside.

Ngwae Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Ngwoe8010/
Ngweu806/
Ngwahi73164/
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Ngbaea731/
Nkwaee731/
Nkwaeyi674/
Nguaheu671/
Ngbayie671/
N'Gbahe671/
Nkwajiep6215/
Nkwayiep625/
Nkweu605/
Ngwui603/
Ngboe601/
Ngwuih552/
Ncwahi551/
Nkwoaa551/
N'Kwoe551/
Nkwoua551/
Nkwahi551/
Nkwoeha504/
Nkwojie501/
Nguhoua501/
Ngueyie501/
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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 Ngwae
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