Ngwangu Surname

325,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Ngwangu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngwangu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1,1221:65,8467,761
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Ngwangu (81) may also be a first name.

Ngwangu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ngwangu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ngwangu occurs most in The DR Congo. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ngwangu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngwangu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ngwangu is the 325,895th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 6,386,982 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwangu are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,068,082nd most commonly held forename at a global level, borne by 81 people.

The surname Ngwangu is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,122 people, or 1 in 65,846. Excluding The DR Congo it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Ngwangu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngcwangu931,154/
Ngqwangu931/
Nggwangu931/
Ngwangou931/
Ncgwangu931/
Ngcweangu881/
Ngbangu861,876/
Nguangu86316/
Nkwangu86265/
Ncwangu8615/
Nkwanguh801/
Nkwainguh7534/
Nguanghou751/
Nkuangu71198/
Ngbongu7155/
Nkwaainguh711/
Nkwoungueu591/

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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 Ngwangu
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