Ngcama Surname

924,083rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 286 people bear this surname

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

Ngcama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngcama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2831:191,44120,758
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Ngcama Last Name Facts

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

Ngcama is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngcama? popularity and diffusion

It is the 924,083rd most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 25,480,930 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngcama are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 283 people, or 1 in 191,441. In South Africa Ngcama is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 38 percent reside, Gauteng, where 25 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 25 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Ngcama Last Name Statistics demography

Ngcama earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.61% less than the national average, earning R 167,280 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngcamga921/
Ncama912,737/
Ngxama83149/
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Ngqama834/
Ngkama833/
Ngcami832/
Ngcamy832/
Ngzama831/
Ngcoma831/
Ngkamat7716/
Ngkamaa775/
Ngkaema773/
Ncamahe771/
Ngsamai771/
Ngtsama771/
Nkama7312,386/
Ncame73233/
Ncami7324/
Ncoma7317/
Ncamo7313/
Nqama732/
Nxama732/
Nkhama67399/
Nkamga67368/
Ngqame67194/
Nkamah6725/
Nkaima6720/
Nkamma6717/
Ngqema6717/
Nnkama6711/
Ngcome678/
Ngkoma677/
N'Kama676/
Ngcomi674/
Ngqoma673/
Nkaama672/
Nkamau672/
Ngcomo672/
Nkgoma672/
Ngkame671/
Nkamat671/
Ncjoma671/
Ncamyo671/
Ngxoma671/
Nkamaa671/

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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 Ngcama
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