Ngolwe Surname
Approximately 300 people bear this surname
Ngolwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 206 | 1:76,941 | 6,580 |
| Tanzania | 90 | 1:588,240 | 37,030 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Ngolwe (35) may also be a first name.
Ngolwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngolwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngolwe is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngolwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 893,754th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 24,291,820 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngolwe live; 69 percent live in Southern Africa and 69 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Ngolwe is also the 1,744,716th most widely held forename internationally. It is borne by 35 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 206 people, or 1 in 76,941. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Lusaka Province, where 41 percent are found, Northern Province, where 23 percent are found and Southern Province, where 13 percent are found. Other than Zambia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 30 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngoulwe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ngulwe | 83 | 1,780 | / |
| Ngolwa | 83 | 1,089 | / |
| Ngalwe | 83 | 133 | / |
| Ngolbe | 83 | 12 | / |
| Ngolve | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngolue | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngoulbe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ngoulve | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ngalwey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngouloue | 71 | 15 | / |
| Ngulwa | 67 | 1,096 | / |
| Ngalue | 67 | 706 | / |
| Ngalwa | 67 | 500 | / |
| Ngalwi | 67 | 49 | / |
| Ngolui | 67 | 36 | / |
| Ngalbe | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ngulwi | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ngulue | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ngulbe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ngulve | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ng'alwa | 62 | 7 | / |
| Ngalw'a | 62 | 4 | / |
| Ngalves | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ng'hulwa | 57 | 8 | / |
| Ngalueth | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ngalwaya | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ngoulbai | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ngului | 50 | 54 | / |
| Ngulbi | 50 | 2 | / |
| Ngalui | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Ngolwe
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