Ngalwe Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Ngalwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ngalwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngalwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngalwe is found most in The DR Congo. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngalwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,551,568th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngalwe are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 130 people, or 1 in 568,304. Not including The DR Congo it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngalwey | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ngalue | 83 | 706 | / |
| Ngalwa | 83 | 500 | / |
| Ngolwe | 83 | 300 | / |
| Ngalwi | 83 | 49 | / |
| Ngalbe | 83 | 12 | / |
| Ng'alwa | 77 | 7 | / |
| Ngalw'a | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ngalves | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngoulwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngalwaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngalueth | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngolwa | 67 | 1,089 | / |
| Ngolbe | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ngolve | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngolue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngalui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngaluha | 62 | 6 | / |
| Ngalbai | 62 | 4 | / |
| Ngoulbe | 62 | 3 | / |
| Ngoulve | 62 | 2 | / |
| Ngouloue | 57 | 15 | / |
| Ngaluayi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ngolui | 50 | 36 | / |
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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 Ngalwe
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