Ngcai Surname

490,615th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 675 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Ngcai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngcai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6741:80,3829,932
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Ngcai Last Name Facts

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

Ngcai occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngcai? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ngcai is the 490,615th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 10,796,364 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngcai are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 674 people, or 1 in 80,382. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 68 percent live, Gauteng, where 16 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 10 percent live. Apart from South Africa this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Lesotho, where 0 percent live.

Ngcai Last Name Statistics demography

Ngcai earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 5.66% less than the national average, earning R 224,184 per year.

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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 Ngcai
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