Ndebesa Surname

503,100th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 653 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Ndebesa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ndebesa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda6471:60,3396,985
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Ndebesa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ndebesa is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ndebesa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ndebesa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 503,100th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 11,160,101 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ndebesa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 647 people, or 1 in 60,339. In Uganda Ndebesa is mostly concentrated in: Ntungamo District, where 25 percent reside, Mbarara District, where 11 percent reside and Sheema District, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Ndeebesa9312/
Ndebesha931/
Ndobesa86459/
Ndebisa8662/
Ndebeza8621/
Ndibesa862/
Ndabesa861/
Ndebasa861/
Ndibesha805/
Ndebeshi804/
Ndibeisa803/
Ndebeshe802/
Ndewessa802/
Ndebisia801/
Ndebissa801/
Ndebesho801/
Ndebetshi7521/
Ndabisa71185/
Ndibasa71179/
Ndobisa7163/
Ndabasa7138/
Ndebeze715/
Ndobasa712/
Ndibeso711/
Ndobeza711/
Ndibisa711/
Ndibese711/
Ndabeso711/
Ndybasa711/
Ndibaisa671,190/
Ndibassa67125/
Ndibeshe6736/
Ndibaasa675/
Ndabissa674/
Ndabisha674/
Ndabaisa674/
Ndibetse671/
Ndibeese671/
Ndhibasa671/
Ndevecha671/
Ndebechi671/
Ndobhisa671/

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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 Ndebesa
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