Ngwahi Surname

1,353,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 164 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Ngwahi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ngwahi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1591:332,96624,953
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Ngwahi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ngwahi occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngwahi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,353,468th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. The last name Ngwahi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngwahi live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 332,966. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Ruvuma Region, where 85 percent are found, Iringa Region, where 6 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 6 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and Botswana, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gwahi9112/
Ncwahi831/
Nkwahi831/
Ngwahe831/
Gwahayi7735/
Ngwaiye771/
Ngwayie771/
Guahi732,468/
Ngwae73192/
Kwahi7310/
Qwahi732/
Kwahhi67131/
Ngwoua6718/
Ngwehe6710/
Gwajha674/
Gbahui672/
Gwaayi671/
Ngwaee671/
Kwahie671/
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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 Ngwahi
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