Ngwire Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Ngwire Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngwire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda291:1,346,18251,611
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Ngwire Last Name Facts

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

Ngwire is found most frequently in Uganda. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngwire? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,373,373rd most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwire are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Ngwire is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 1,346,182. In Uganda Ngwire is most frequent in: Butaleja District, where 72 percent live, Bushenyi District, where 3 percent live and Kampala District, where 3 percent live. Beside Uganda it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 3 percent live and Malawi, where 3 percent live.

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Ncwire831/
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Ncguire775/
Ngwerhe774/
Nguirei771/
Nkgware771/
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Ngwerie771/
N'Guire771/
Nguir7315/
Ngwer731/
Ngwayira7113/
Nengwere719/
Nguere67668/
Nkwere67185/
Nkware67152/
Ngwera6774/
Nkwira6764/
Nguiri6762/
Ngbere6744/
Ngbiri6712/
Nkwiri6712/
Ngweri6711/
Ncguir674/
Ngqure671/
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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 Ngwire
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