Ngwega Surname
Approximately 459 people bear this surname
Ngwega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 432 | 1:122,550 | 11,614 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
Ngwega (98) may also be a first name.
Ngwega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngwega is found most in Tanzania. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ngwega.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwega? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 656,126th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 15,877,006 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwega live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Ngwega is also the 956,749th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 98 people.
The last name Ngwega is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 432 people, or 1 in 122,550. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Morogoro Region, where 74 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 13 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 9 percent reside. Not including Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngwegha | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ngwegah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ngweigah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nguega | 83 | 187 | / |
| Ngwaga | 83 | 122 | / |
| Ngbega | 83 | 56 | / |
| Nkwega | 83 | 10 | / |
| Ngwege | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ngwego | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngwegha'a | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngbegha | 77 | 202 | / |
| Nguegha | 77 | 47 | / |
| Ng'woga | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ngwegeh | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ngweghe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngbegah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nguehga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nguegah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nguegaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngouega | 77 | 1 | / |
| N'Gbega | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngweger | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngbehga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwegit | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwegoh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwegou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwigah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwagah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwegat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwegha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwahaga | 71 | 301 | / |
| Ngbeagha | 71 | 19 | / |
| Ngwuegou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwegueh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngweghep | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngueghaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nguego | 67 | 168 | / |
| Nkwaga | 67 | 47 | / |
| Nkwiga | 67 | 21 | / |
| Nkwege | 67 | 16 | / |
| Nkwego | 67 | 11 | / |
| Nguiga | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ngbege | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ngwige | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ngbego | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwegi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwoga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwago | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nguaga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwigo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nguegi | 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 Ngwega
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