Ndawo Surname

130,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,453 people bear this surname

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

Ndawo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ndawo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3,1091:17,4262,192
DR Congo1161:636,89347,292
Zambia841:188,69012,615
Cameroon741:280,66326,698
Zimbabwe201:771,91253,776
Lesotho101:203,25614,332
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
England51:11,143,612252,590
Swaziland41:324,550996
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
France11:66,422,722504,397
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Ndawo (288) may also be a first name.

Ndawo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ndawo occurs most in South Africa. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ndawo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ndawo is the 130,959th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,110,497 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ndawo reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 520,883rd most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 288 people.

Ndawo is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 3,109 people, or 1 in 17,426. In South Africa Ndawo is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 54 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 23 percent reside and Gauteng, where 14 percent reside. Excluding South Africa Ndawo exists in 19 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside and Zambia, where 2 percent reside.

Ndawo Last Name Statistics demography

Ndawo earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.43% less than the national average, earning R 155,820 per year.

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Ndaubo731/
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Ndavou731/
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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
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  • 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 Ndawo
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