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

Ndawo occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ndawo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 130,959th most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,110,497 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ndawo are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 520,883rd most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 288 people.

It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 3,109 people, or 1 in 17,426. In South Africa it is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 54 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 23 percent live and Gauteng, where 14 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name exists in 19 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and Zambia, where 2 percent live.

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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Ndoewo731/
Ndaîwa731/
Ndawga731/
Nndabo731/
Ndaubo731/
Ndawaa731/
Ndaboi731/
Ndaawa731/
Ndajuo731/
Ndeawa731/
Ndeabo731/
Ndavou731/
Ndavoa731/
Ndaibou6714/
Ndouwou672/
Ndachuo671/
Nda'abo671/
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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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