Ndebele Surname

10,062nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55,904 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Ndebele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ndebele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe31,4671:49121
South Africa22,1921:2,441305
Botswana4691:4,663715
Zambia3851:41,1694,047
England3601:154,77214,673
Congo3321:15,0271,852
Lesotho2161:9,4102,124
Malawi1571:109,03912,664
DR Congo681:1,086,46468,260
United States601:6,040,982292,121
Sudan491:765,5142,614
Tanzania331:1,604,29147,186
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
United Arab Emirates151:610,81823,687
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
Iceland51:76,0184,442
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
British Virgin Islands21:15,797839
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Ndebele (230) may also be a first name.

Ndebele Last Name Facts

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

Ndebele is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ndebele? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,062nd most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 130,358 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ndebele live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Ndebele is also the 591,855th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 230 people.

The last name Ndebele is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 31,467 people, or 1 in 491. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Bulawayo Province, where 37 percent live, Matabeleland South Province, where 23 percent live and Matabeleland North Province, where 19 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname is found in 37 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 40 percent live and Botswana, where 1 percent live.

Ndebele Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Ndebele earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 30.43% less than the national average, earning R 165,324 per year; in United States they earn 18.17% more than the national average, earning $50,989 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.94% more than the national average, earning $60,086 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nndebele932/
Ndeibele931/
Ndiebele931/
Ndebelie931/
Ndebelee931/
N'Debele931/
Ndebehleh881/
Ndebile861,093/
Ndewele86387/
Ndebela86117/
Ndevele8662/
Ndebale8629/
Ndobele8627/
Ndabele869/
Ndibele867/
Ndebeli862/
Ndeawele8027/
Ndybhele801/
Ndeweleh801/
Ndevelei801/
Ndebelai801/
Ndaebile801/
Ndehebile751/
Ndeswhele751/
Ndabale71187/
Ndobole71108/
Ndibela7169/
Ndevela7149/
Ndibale7138/
Ndebila7132/
Ndibile7112/
Ndabile718/
Ndobale717/
Ndewela716/
Ndobile716/
Ndebali714/
Ndiwele713/
Ndevile712/
Ndibole711/
Ndeboli711/
Ndabeli711/
Ndabole711/
Ndjuele711/
Ndebilie6732/
N'Djuele671/
Ndjouele671/
Ndibalea671/

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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 Ndebele
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