Ngwando Surname
Approximately 317 people bear this surname
Ngwando Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 230 | 1:230,181 | 19,019 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ngwando Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwando Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngwando is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwando? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 858,879th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 22,989,104 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngwando live; 73 percent live in East Africa and 73 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 230 people, or 1 in 230,181. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Mbeya Region, where 78 percent live, Iringa Region, where 14 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 2 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 26 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngwandoh | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ngwanduo | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ngwanda | 86 | 1,194 | / |
| Ngbando | 86 | 448 | / |
| Nkwando | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ngwandah | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ngwandeu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngwaanda | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngbanda | 71 | 3,048 | / |
| Nkwanda | 71 | 1,404 | / |
| Ngbondo | 71 | 978 | / |
| Nguanda | 71 | 208 | / |
| Nkwondo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ncwanda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nguondo | 71 | 1 | / |
| N'Gbanda | 67 | 2 | / |
| N'Kwanda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwondah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngueindo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngboundou | 63 | 2 | / |
| Ngbonda | 57 | 349 | / |
| Nkuanda | 57 | 137 | / |
| Nkwonda | 57 | 7 | / |
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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 Ngwando
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