Ngesi Surname

67,690th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,349 people bear this surname

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

Ngesi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngesi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6,3421:8,5431,079
Tanzania6541:80,9508,309
DR Congo1851:399,34933,942
Zimbabwe891:173,46321,090
Cameroon491:423,85935,946
England161:3,482,379114,324
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ngesi (71) may also be a first name.

Ngesi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ngesi is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngesi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ngesi is the 67,690th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 991,638 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngesi are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Ngesi is also the 1,152,838th most widely held first name globally It is held by 71 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 6,342 people, or 1 in 8,543. In South Africa Ngesi is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 48 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 16 percent are found and Western Cape, where 14 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 9 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found.

Ngesi Last Name Statistics demography

Ngesi earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.14% less than the national average, earning R 166,008 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Ngesih915/
Nngesih831/
Ngese801,108/
Ngezi80876/
Ngisi80609/
Nxesi80604/
Nsesi80291/
Ngeji80205/
Njesi8019/
Ngegi808/
Ngedji731,464/
Ngiezi73261/
Nchesi73108/
Ndjesi7348/
Ngisit7331/
Ngiese7328/
Njeges739/
Njesić734/
Nzesei734/
Ngegie732/
Ngezzi732/
Nsesih732/
Ngezai731/
Nziesi731/
Nzeusi731/
Njesih731/
Ngisoi731/
Ngisai731/
Nsiesie6782/
Ngisgis671/
Ngezhai671/

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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 Ngesi
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