Ngwandu Surname
Approximately 190 people bear this surname
Ngwandu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 179 | 1:295,763 | 22,969 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Ngwandu (20) may also be a first name.
Ngwandu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwandu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngwandu occurs most in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwandu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ngwandu is the 1,227,038th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. Ngwandu is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwandu reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Ngwandu is also the 2,446,817th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 20 people.
This surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 179 people, or 1 in 295,763. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Geita Region, where 91 percent reside, Arusha Region, where 2 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 5 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Ngwandu
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