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.

Ngwahi Surname Distribution Map

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 last name Ngwahi is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngwahi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,353,468th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngwahi reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 332,966. In Tanzania Ngwahi is most prevalent in: Ruvuma Region, where 85 percent reside, Iringa Region, where 6 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 6 percent reside. Barring Tanzania it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and Botswana, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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
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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 Ngwahi
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