Ngoveni Surname

70,280th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,035 people bear this surname

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

Ngoveni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngoveni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6,7191:8,0631,023
Zimbabwe3061:50,4527,689
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Ngoveni (12) may also be a first name.

Ngoveni Last Name Facts

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

Ngoveni is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngoveni? popularity and diffusion

It is the 70,280th most numerous surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,035,898 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngoveni live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Ngoveni is also the 3,306,491st most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 12 people.

It is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 6,719 people, or 1 in 8,063. In South Africa Ngoveni is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 61 percent live, Gauteng, where 27 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 3 percent live. Outside of South Africa this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Ngoveni Last Name Statistics demography

Ngoveni earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.75% less than the national average, earning R 150,300 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 Ngoveni
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