Ngewu Surname

199,907th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,089 people bear this surname

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

Ngewu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngewu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,0781:26,0723,336
England61:9,286,343223,652
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Ngewu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ngewu occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngewu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 199,907th most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 3,488,533 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngewu are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,078 people, or 1 in 26,072. In South Africa Ngewu is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 61 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 12 percent live and Gauteng, where 11 percent live. Barring South Africa it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.

Ngewu Last Name Statistics demography

Ngewu earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.51% less than the national average, earning R 167,508 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
  • 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 Ngewu
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