Ndewele Surname

744,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 387 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Malawi

Ndewele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ndewele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2611:202,84117,276
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724

Ndewele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ndewele is most common in Tanzania. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ndewele.

How Common Is The Last Name Ndewele? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ndewele is the 744,013th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,830,868 people. Ndewele is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ndewele reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 261 people, or 1 in 202,841. In Tanzania Ndewele is most frequent in: Njombe Region, where 36 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 26 percent are found and Ruvuma Region, where 26 percent are found. Other than Tanzania Ndewele exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 27 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Ndewela866/
Ndiwele863/
Nndebele802/
Ndevelei801/
Ndebelee801/
N'Debele801/
N'Dawele801/
Ndeibele801/
Ndehebile751/
Ndebehleh751/
Ndebile711,093/
Ndavele71487/
Ndevela7149/
Ndowale7141/
Ndaywel7130/
Ndibele717/
Ndawale716/
Ndevile712/
Ndebeli712/
Ndovele712/
Ndowole711/
Ndjuele711/
Ndawole711/
Ndiweli711/
Ndawile711/
Ndaywell674/
Ndovelee671/
Ndybhele671/
N'Dawale671/
N'Djuele671/
Ndjouele671/
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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 Ndewele
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