Ngarwi Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Ngarwi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngarwi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618

Ngarwi (81) may also be a first name.

Ngarwi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ngarwi has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngarwi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,307,654th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Ngarwi live; 81 percent live in Southern Africa and 81 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Ngarwi is also the 1,068,082nd most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 81 people.

The surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 908,132. In Zimbabwe Ngarwi is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 47 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 41 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 19 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngarwa83158/
Ngarbi8323/
Ngarui832/
Ngarwe832/
Ng'arwa773/
Ngharbi771/
Nga'rwa771/
Ngorwei771/
Ngourwi771/
Ngarwee771/
Ngorwa6728/
Ngorwe6710/
Ngarbe674/
Ningarvai673/
Ngarva671/
Ngervai625/
Ngaruhe621/
Ngarbey621/
Ngarbay621/
Ngerue505/
Ngorbe501/

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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 Ngarwi
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