Ngcem Surname

1,111,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 219 people bear this surname

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

Ngcem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngcem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2191:247,38725,203

Ngcem Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ngcem is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngcem? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,111,382nd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,276,465 people. The surname Ngcem is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngcem live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Ngcem is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 247,387. In South Africa Ngcem is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 64 percent live, Gauteng, where 32 percent live and Western Cape, where 2 percent live.

Ngcem Last Name Statistics demography

Ngcem earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.46% less than the national average, earning R 105,840 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngceme911/
Ncem892/
Nchem802/
Nqcem801/
Ngcen801/
Ngqeme73244/
Ngcime7343/
Nggeme734/
Ngchen731/
Ngceen731/
Ngcent731/
Nkem675,867/
Ncim672/
Nqem671/

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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 Ngcem
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