Ndobele Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

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

Ndobele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ndobele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Ndobele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ndobele is found most in South Africa. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ndobele.

How Common Is The Last Name Ndobele? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,798,600th most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ndobele reside; 74 percent reside in Southern Africa and 74 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 2,851,458. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 47 percent live, Mpumalanga, where 42 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 5 percent live. Apart from South Africa Ndobele occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 22 percent live and Uganda, where 4 percent live.

Ndobele Last Name Statistics demography

Ndobele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 94.3% less than the national average, earning R 13,536 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Ndobole86108/
Ndabele869/
Ndobale867/
Ndobile866/
Ndubele863/
Ndovele862/
Ndhobela803/
Nndebele802/
Ndoubela801/
Ndebelie801/
Ndovelee801/
Ndebelee801/
N'Debele801/
Ndouwele801/
Ndebehleh751/
Ndovela715,630/
Ndebile711,093/
Ndavele71487/
Ndubela71401/
Ndabale71187/
Ndabela71164/
Ndowela71137/
Ndawele71126/
Ndobili7144/
Ndobila7143/
Ndobali7135/
Ndebale7129/
Ndabile718/
Ndebeli712/
Ndabole711/
Ndabeul711/
N'Dahouele711/
Ndoboly711/
Ndabeli711/
Ndabeal711/
Ndhovela6749/
Ndoubali677/
Ndaebile671/
N'Dawele671/
Ndoubili671/
Ndhoboli671/
Ndebelai671/

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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 Ndobele
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