Niigambo Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Niigambo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 134 | 1:17,981 | 3,138 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
Niigambo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niigambo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Niigambo is carried by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Niigambo? popularity and diffusion
Niigambo is the 1,484,726th most commonly used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. Niigambo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Niigambo reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Niigambo is most commonly occurring in Namibia, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 17,981. In Namibia Niigambo is most prevalent in: Khomas Region, where 56 percent live, Oshikoto Region, where 37 percent live and Hardap Region, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Namibia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 6 percent live.
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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 Niigambo
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