Ngwaji Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Ngwaji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 236 | 1:224,329 | 18,617 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Ngwaji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwaji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngwaji is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwaji? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ngwaji is the 1,044,719th most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwaji are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 236 people, or 1 in 224,329. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 95 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 2 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 2 percent are found. Beside Tanzania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Ngwaji
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