Ntanwa Surname
Approximately 660 people bear this surname
Ntanwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 652 | 1:81,199 | 8,330 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Ntanwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ntanwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ntanwa is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ntanwa? popularity and diffusion
Ntanwa is the 499,041st most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 11,041,736 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ntanwa are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 652 people, or 1 in 81,199. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Geita Region, where 43 percent are found, Kigoma Region, where 41 percent are found and Kagera Region, where 14 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 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 Ntanwa
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