Ngwaru Surname
Approximately 2,248 people bear this surname
Ngwaru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 2,119 | 1:7,286 | 822 |
| Kenya | 70 | 1:659,713 | 29,380 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
Ngwaru (134) may also be a first name.
Ngwaru Demographics
Ngwaru Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ngwaru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwaru Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngwaru is most common in Zimbabwe. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwaru? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ngwaru is the 188,157th most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 3,241,791 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngwaru are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 800,975th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, held by 134 people.
The surname Ngwaru is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 2,119 people, or 1 in 7,286. In Zimbabwe Ngwaru is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 28 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 24 percent live and Harare Province, where 20 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe it is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 3 percent live and Botswana, where 1 percent live.
Ngwaru Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ngwaru
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