Ninga Surname
Approximately 8,592 people bear this surname
Ninga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4,706 | 1:11,250 | 1,464 |
| DR Congo | 1,676 | 1:44,081 | 5,360 |
| Cameroon | 721 | 1:28,806 | 3,888 |
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Nigeria | 222 | 1:797,940 | 35,665 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Papua New Guinea | 141 | 1:57,828 | 7,385 |
| Kenya | 98 | 1:471,223 | 24,622 |
| India | 83 | 1:9,241,752 | 184,052 |
| Indonesia | 56 | 1:2,361,593 | 141,864 |
| Albania | 33 | 1:88,305 | 9,061 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 | 1:643,260 | 47,966 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Congo | 13 | 1:383,777 | 9,863 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Ninga (1,227) may also be a first name.
Ninga Demographics
Ninga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ninga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ninga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ninga (Hindi: निंगा, Oriya: ନିା) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ninga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 58,774th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 848,178 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ninga reside; 56 percent reside in East Africa and 56 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Ninga is also the 225,866th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 1,227 people.
The last name Ninga is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 4,706 people, or 1 in 11,250. In Tanzania Ninga is primarily concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 36 percent live, Manyara Region, where 35 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 10 percent live. Other than Tanzania this last name occurs in 30 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent live and Cameroon, where 8 percent live.
Ninga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Ninga last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ninga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ninga in the Oriya language | ||
| ନିା | nia | - |
| Ninga in the Hindi language | ||
| निंगा | ninga | 80 |
| निगां | nigam | 20 |
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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 Ninga
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