Ngwai Surname
Approximately 726 people bear this surname
Ngwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 173 | 1:266,936 | 17,720 |
| Cameroon | 129 | 1:161,001 | 17,453 |
| Tanzania | 108 | 1:490,200 | 32,950 |
| Zambia | 100 | 1:158,499 | 11,214 |
| Nigeria | 76 | 1:2,330,826 | 78,393 |
| Botswana | 55 | 1:39,762 | 7,636 |
| South Africa | 50 | 1:1,083,554 | 64,652 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Ngwai (512) may also be a first name.
Ngwai Demographics
Ngwai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ngwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngwai is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 464,191st most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 10,037,942 people. The surname Ngwai is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ngwai live; 39 percent live in East Africa and 39 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 373,684th most commonly held given name internationally, borne by 512 people.
This last name is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 173 people, or 1 in 266,936. In Kenya Ngwai is most frequent in: Taita Taveta County, where 69 percent reside, Kitui County, where 27 percent reside and Kwale County, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this surname is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 18 percent reside and Tanzania, where 15 percent reside.
Ngwai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Ngwai last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Ngwai earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.18% less than the national average, earning R 127,908 per year.
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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 Ngwai
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