Nchwi Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nchwi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nchwi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon101:2,076,907105,188
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
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Nchwi Demographics

Average Nchwi Salary in
South Africa

R 68,616

Per year
Rank:
158,166 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
5.47594E-6
Rank: 174,080 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
28.87%
Sample size: 2 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

View the highest/lowest earning families in South Africa

Nchwi Last Name Facts

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

Nchwi is most common in Cameroon. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nchwi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nchwi is the 5,587,209th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nchwi live; 83 percent live in Central Africa and 83 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 2,076,907. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 17 percent reside.

Nchwi Last Name Statistics demography

Nchwi earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 71.13% less than the national average, earning R 68,616 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nchwei911/
Nchwe8092/
Nchui8013/
Nshwi803/
Nchwa801/
Nchbi801/
Nchweu732/
Nchuie731/
Nnchui731/
Ntchwe731/
Nswi6742/
Nzwi6716/
Nshwaih678/
Ncwy677/
Ncwe673/
Ncui671/
Ncwa671/
Ntshwai671/
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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 Nchwi
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