Ntenwa Surname
Approximately 394 people bear this surname
Ntenwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 386 | 1:137,154 | 12,684 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ntenwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ntenwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ntenwa is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ntenwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 734,496th most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 18,496,309 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ntenwa reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 386 people, or 1 in 137,154. In Tanzania Ntenwa is mostly found in: Shinyanga Region, where 34 percent are found, Simiyu Region, where 33 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 32 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ntemwa | 83 | 53 | / |
| Ntinwa | 83 | 39 | / |
| Ntenba | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ntenwi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ntinwah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nthinwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ntemwah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ntemnwi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ntihnwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ntemba | 67 | 423 | / |
| Ntinwi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ntinba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ntemwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ntinwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ntimwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ntnweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ntenui | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Temba | 62 | 6 | / |
| Ntemweh | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ntinwii | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ntmba | 55 | 6 | / |
| Ntimba | 50 | 5,363 | / |
| Ntembe | 50 | 1,270 | / |
| Ntembo | 50 | 1,173 | / |
| Ntembi | 50 | 968 | / |
| Ntimbe | 50 | 72 | / |
| Ntinuo | 50 | 13 | / |
| Ntemby | 50 | 3 | / |
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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 Ntenwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis