Ngwava Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Ngwava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 88 | 1:524,772 | 26,127 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Ngwava (13) may also be a first name.
Ngwava Demographics
Ngwava Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ngwava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngwava is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ngwava.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwava? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ngwava is the 1,967,751st most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. Ngwava occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwava are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used given name at a global level, borne by 13 people.
The surname Ngwava is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 524,772. In Kenya Ngwava is primarily concentrated in: Makueni County, where 97 percent reside, Kitui County, where 1 percent reside and Machakos County, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
Ngwava Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Ngwava last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngwawa | 83 | 22 | / |
| Ngweva | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ngwavo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngqwaba | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ngwabay | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ngwuaba | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ngwaaba | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ngwawah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ngwaiwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ng'wahwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nghwahwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwuabah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwewa | 67 | 2,825 | / |
| Ngbaba | 67 | 431 | / |
| Ngbawa | 67 | 56 | / |
| Ngbavo | 67 | 55 | / |
| Nguaba | 67 | 32 | / |
| Nguawa | 67 | 19 | / |
| Nkwawa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ng'hwahwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ngwawo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngwevo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwoba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nengwajwa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ngwava
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