Ngwaya Surname
Approximately 3,321 people bear this surname
Ngwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,529 | 1:34,625 | 4,043 |
| Malawi | 836 | 1:20,477 | 3,173 |
| DR Congo | 807 | 1:91,548 | 10,387 |
| Zimbabwe | 109 | 1:141,635 | 18,305 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Ngwaya (100) may also be a first name.
Ngwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngwaya has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 135,371st most frequent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,194,383 people. The surname Ngwaya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwaya reside; 46 percent reside in East Africa and 46 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Ngwaya is also the 946,056th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 100 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,529 people, or 1 in 34,625. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Pwani Region, where 48 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 22 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 25 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 24 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
- 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 Ngwaya
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