Ngqele Surname

271,355th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,436 people bear this surname

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

Ngqele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngqele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,4341:37,7814,842
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Ngqele (15) may also be a first name.

Ngqele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ngqele is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ngqele.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngqele? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ngqele is the 271,355th most common surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 5,074,893 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngqele reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Ngqele is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 15 people.

This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,434 people, or 1 in 37,781. In South Africa Ngqele is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 63 percent are found, Western Cape, where 12 percent are found and Gauteng, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and Scotland, where 0 percent are found.

Ngqele Last Name Statistics demography

Ngqele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.26% less than the national average, earning R 113,460 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nqele9158/
Ngcele83263/
Nkqele832/
Ngqole832/
Ngqule831/
Ngqile831/
Ngqale831/
Nkgele831/
Ngkele831/
Nqukele778/
Ngqahle771/
Nkele734,398/
Ncele73781/
Nqule7317/
Nqole732/
Nqile731/
Nqela731/
Ngqukela713/
Ngqukile711/
Nchele67387/
Nkelle67360/
Nkiele67144/
Nkcele6746/
Nkoele6744/
Nkhele6727/
N'Kele6721/
Nkehle678/
Ngkole677/
Ngqili675/
Nkelei674/
Nkeleh674/
Ngqali671/
Ngkela671/
Nkeleu671/
Nkeile671/
Ngcale671/
Ngcole671/

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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 Ngqele
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