Nethengwe Surname

181,955th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,337 people bear this surname

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

Nethengwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nethengwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,3311:23,2422,956
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

The alternate forms: Nethengwé (1) are calculated separately.

Nethengwe Last Name Facts

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

Nethengwe is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Nethengwé. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nethengwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nethengwe is the 181,955th most prevalent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,118,334 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nethengwe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 2,331 people, or 1 in 23,242. In South Africa Nethengwe is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 73 percent reside, Gauteng, where 21 percent reside and North West, where 2 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Nethengwe Last Name Statistics demography

Nethengwe earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 16.06% less than the national average, earning R 199,464 per year.

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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 Nethengwe
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