Nganwe Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Nganwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 28 | 1:566,069 | 23,715 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Nganwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nganwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nganwe occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nganwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,635,433rd most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Nganwe live; 52 percent live in Southern Africa and 52 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Nganwe is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 566,069. In Zambia Nganwe is most numerous in: Luapula Province, where 79 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 14 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 4 percent live. Aside from Zambia Nganwe occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 39 percent live and Cameroon, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nganw | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nganwoue | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nganwa | 83 | 678 | / |
| Nganbe | 83 | 184 | / |
| Ngonwe | 83 | 127 | / |
| Nganve | 83 | 84 | / |
| Nganwi | 83 | 55 | / |
| Ngamwe | 83 | 49 | / |
| Nganue | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nganwy | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nganwai | 77 | 575 | / |
| Ngonwei | 77 | 275 | / |
| Ngonwie | 77 | 38 | / |
| Nganwui | 77 | 25 | / |
| Nganvie | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ngounwe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nganoue | 77 | 1 | / |
| N'Ganbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngainwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nghanwi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nganuey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngonweih | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngounwei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngambe | 67 | 4,031 | / |
| Nganbi | 67 | 1,118 | / |
| Ngonbe | 67 | 61 | / |
| Ngonwi | 67 | 27 | / |
| Ngonwa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ngonve | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ngamve | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nganbè | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nganwe
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