Ntengu Surname

211,727th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,947 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Botswana

Ntengu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ntengu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1,1901:62,0847,377
South Africa6431:84,25810,384
Botswana661:33,1356,513
Namibia211:114,7339,093
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
Zambia101:1,584,99231,679
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Ntengu (156) may also be a first name.

Ntengu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ntengu is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ntengu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 211,727th most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 3,742,961 people. Ntengu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ntengu live; 61 percent live in Central Africa and 61 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ntengu is also the 735,679th most commonly held given name globally, borne by 156 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,190 people, or 1 in 62,084. Other than The DR Congo this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 33 percent live and Botswana, where 3 percent live.

Ntengu Last Name Statistics demography

Ntengu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.11% less than the national average, earning R 78,168 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nthengu92263/
Ntenguh922/
Ntuengu921/
Ntenu913/
N'Tengou866/
Ntetngnu862/
Nteungou861/
Ntingu8328/
Ntenou832/
Ntenui831/
N'Tenu831/
Nthingu771/
Ntienou771/
Ntinu731,245/
N'Tenhou711/
Ntinou67940/
N'Tinu6728/
N'Tinou621/
Ntoynuh621/
N'Tinhou571/

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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 Ntengu
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