Ngwije Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Ngwije Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ngwije Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwije Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngwije is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwije? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ngwije is the 2,808,717th most frequently used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname Ngwije occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Ngwije live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 2,296,428. In Uganda Ngwije is mostly concentrated in: Lwengo District, where 59 percent are found, Kampala District, where 18 percent are found and Kanungu District, where 6 percent are found. Not including Uganda Ngwije occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Rwanda, where 33 percent are found and Tanzania, where 15 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 Ngwije
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