Ngweta Surname
Approximately 840 people bear this surname
Ngweta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 793 | 1:66,761 | 7,045 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Ngweta (30) may also be a first name.
Ngweta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngweta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngweta is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ngweta click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngweta? popularity and diffusion
Ngweta is the 414,602nd most frequently used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 8,675,650 people. Ngweta is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngweta reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Ngweta is also the 1,911,214th most widely held first name on earth, held by 30 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 793 people, or 1 in 66,761. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Iringa Region, where 58 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 16 percent are found and Njombe Region, where 14 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Ngweta
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