Ndevu Surname

73,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,680 people bear this surname

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

Ndevu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ndevu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5,7911:9,3561,176
Tanzania3991:132,68612,381
Malawi2351:72,8479,384
DR Congo2331:317,08028,591
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
England31:18,572,686338,250
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ndevu (94) may also be a first name.

Ndevu Last Name Facts

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

Ndevu is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ndevu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 73,669th most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,090,950 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ndevu are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 980,251st most frequently occurring forename worldwide It is held by 94 people.

This last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 5,791 people, or 1 in 9,356. In South Africa Ndevu is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 56 percent reside, Western Cape, where 16 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 12 percent reside. Aside from South Africa it exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 6 percent reside and Malawi, where 4 percent reside.

Ndevu Last Name Statistics demography

Ndevu earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.56% less than the national average, earning R 119,868 per year.

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Ndebeu732/
Ndebuh732/
Ndeibu731/
Ndeweu731/
Ndewuh731/
Ndibeu731/
Ndiebu731/
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N'Debou6744/
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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 Ndevu
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