Nchwe Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Nchwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nchwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa901:601,97445,802
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830

Nchwe Last Name Facts

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

Nchwe occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nchwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,943,350th most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nchwe reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Nchwe is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 601,974. In South Africa it is most common in: North West, where 57 percent are found, Gauteng, where 38 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 2 percent are found. Beside South Africa it exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found.

Nchwe Last Name Statistics demography

Nchwe earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 25.69% less than the national average, earning R 176,580 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nchweu912/
Nchwei911/
Ntchwe911/
Ncwe893/
Nchue80125/
Nchwi8012/
Nchbe803/
Nhchw801/
Nzhwe801/
Nchwa801/
Nshwe801/
Ntshwe7373/
Nchueh733/
Nchuie731/
Nshwet731/
N'Chue731/
Nswe6783/
Ntshweu6773/
Nxwe6729/
Ncue6717/
Ncwy677/
Nzwe674/
Nkhw672/
Nczw671/
Ncve671/
Ncwa671/
N'Chbeh671/

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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 Nchwe
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