Ngcephe Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

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

Ngcephe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngcephe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1411:384,23934,295
Lesotho41:508,14018,568

Ngcephe Last Name Facts

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

Ngcephe is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngcephe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ngcephe is the 1,465,390th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname Ngcephe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngcephe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 384,239. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 36 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 33 percent live and Western Cape, where 13 percent live. Besides South Africa this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Lesotho, where 3 percent live.

Ngcephe Last Name Statistics demography

Ngcephe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.01% less than the national average, earning R 106,908 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngceephe9314/
Ngcepe92116/
Ncephe9219/
Ngqephe86197/
Nchephe86186/
Nxcephe8645/
Ngciphe8620/
Nqcephe867/
Ncepe836/
Nqceephe8014/
Nxceephe803/
Ngcefe77137/
Nchepe7771/
Nqephe7729/
Nggepe7718/
Nxephe774/
Ngqepe773/
Ngcepi771/
Nceipe771/
Ngkepe771/
Nxeephe711/
Nkepe67154/
Ncefe6722/
Nqepe673/
Nxepe672/
Nqheephe671/

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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 Ngcephe
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