Ngandwe Surname

16,066th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34,703 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zambia

Ngandwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngandwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo19,4211:3,804425
Zambia15,1951:1,043145
Botswana331:66,27111,607
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
United States131:27,881,456736,413
England111:5,065,278148,650
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Ngandwe (1,981) may also be a first name.

Ngandwe Last Name Facts

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

Ngandwe is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngandwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 16,066th most widespread surname internationally, held by around 1 in 209,998 people. The surname Ngandwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngandwe live; 56 percent live in Central Africa and 56 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ngandwe is also the 169,988th most commonly used forename in the world, borne by 1,981 people.

The surname Ngandwe is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 19,421 people, or 1 in 3,804. Other than The DR Congo it is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 44 percent reside and Botswana, where 0 percent reside.

Ngandwe Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Ngandwe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 229.95% more than the national average, earning R 784,080 per year and in United States they earn 47.42% less than the national average, earning $22,688 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ng'andwe9310,211/
Nghandwe937,566/
N'Gandwe93220/
Nga'ndwe9385/
Nhgandwe931/
Ngaandwe931/
Ngand'we931/
Nganndwe931/
Ngandw921/
Nghanndwe881/
Ng'anndwe881/
N'G'andwe881/
Ngondwe86502/
Ngandwa8669/
Ngandue8643/
Ngantwe861/
Nghendwe8021/
Ng'andwa802/
Nghandwa801/
Ng'andwd801/
Nga'ndwa801/
Nggondwe801/
Ng'handwa754/
Ngondwa7157/
Ngandui711/
Ngantue711/
Ngondwi711/
Ngoundue675/
Ngondhoue631/
Ngondui571/
Nganthui531/

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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 Ngandwe
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