Ngwilili Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Ngwilili Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngwilili Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania951:557,28035,395
Namibia41:602,35012,421

Ngwilili Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ngwilili Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ngwilili is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ngwilili click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngwilili? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,860,621st most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. The last name Ngwilili occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwilili live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 557,280. In Tanzania Ngwilili is primarily concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 99 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also found in Namibia, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gwilili931/
Nguilili886/
Ngwilila882/
Gwilile809/
Gbilile671/
Quilili671/
Guelili671/
Ngwelele6396/
Ngwelela6320/
Ngweleli631/
Ng'welele595/
Gwelela53106/
Quileli5334/
Gwelele5316/
Cwelile5311/
Quilila539/
Guilele531/
Guelile531/
Nguelele50150/
Nkwelele5092/
Guelaili506/
Kuiluila501/

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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
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  • 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 Ngwilili
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