Ngambwe Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Ngambwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngambwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo821:900,97060,382
Zambia91:1,761,10232,119
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Ngambwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ngambwe is most common in The DR Congo. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ngambwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngambwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,943,350th most numerous last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. The surname Ngambwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngambwe reside; 89 percent reside in Central Africa and 89 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

Ngambwe is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 900,970. Barring The DR Congo it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 10 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ng'ambwe934/
Ngambwa86516/
Ngombwe8692/
Ngambue8642/
Ngambwi864/
Ngembwe861/
Nganbwe861/
Ngamboue80181/
Ng'ambwa80163/
Nghembwe804/
N'Gambwa803/
Ng'ombwe801/
Ng'anbwe801/
Ngambwiy801/
Ngombw771/
Ng'aumbwa755/
Ngombwa71321/
Ngampwa7141/
Ngembue7121/
Ngambui712/
Ngombue712/
Ngambva711/
Ng'ombwa6734/
Nganboue671/
Ngampoue671/
Ngohmbwi671/
Ngoumboue631/

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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 Ngambwe
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