Ngwabe Surname
Approximately 1,748 people bear this surname
Ngwabe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,454 | 1:37,261 | 4,775 |
| Tanzania | 148 | 1:357,714 | 26,551 |
| Uganda | 71 | 1:549,849 | 30,277 |
| Zimbabwe | 33 | 1:467,825 | 39,606 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ngwabe (15) may also be a first name.
Ngwabe Demographics
Average Ngwabe Salary in
South Africa
R 127,368
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Ngwabe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwabe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngwabe is most common in South Africa. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwabe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ngwabe is the 231,254th most numerous family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 4,169,077 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwabe reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 15 people.
This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,454 people, or 1 in 37,261. In South Africa it is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 87 percent are found, Gauteng, where 7 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 2 percent are found. Barring South Africa this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 8 percent are found and Uganda, where 4 percent are found.
Ngwabe Last Name Statistics demography
Ngwabe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.4% less than the national average, earning R 127,368 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngcwabe | 92 | 713 | / |
| Ngwabeu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ngwaabe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ngwabije | 86 | 485 | / |
| Ngwabi | 83 | 2,488 | / |
| Ngwaba | 83 | 1,203 | / |
| Ngbabe | 83 | 134 | / |
| Nkwabe | 83 | 109 | / |
| Ngwebe | 83 | 90 | / |
| Ncwabe | 83 | 11 | / |
| Ngwave | 83 | 7 | / |
| Nqwabe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngwabit | 77 | 33 | / |
| Ngcwaba | 77 | 32 | / |
| Ngqwobe | 77 | 25 | / |
| Ngwabiy | 77 | 23 | / |
| Ngwabaa | 77 | 16 | / |
| Ngwebeh | 77 | 13 | / |
| Ngqwaba | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ngweabi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ngwuibe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ngwuaba | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ngwaaba | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ngwabay | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nkgwabi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ngwahbi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nncwabe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ngwabyt | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ngqwebe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngcwebe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngbaube | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwabeu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwabei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwabeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwabih | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwaabi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwobei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwabaya | 71 | 27 | / |
| Nghuabie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkwabi | 67 | 14,735 | / |
| Ncwaba | 67 | 355 | / |
| Nkwebe | 67 | 169 | / |
| Ngwavi | 67 | 143 | / |
| Nguabi | 67 | 114 | / |
| Nkwaba | 67 | 52 | / |
| Nguaba | 67 | 32 | / |
| Ngbabi | 67 | 27 | / |
| Ngwebi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ncwabi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ngwobi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngbave | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkuabe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngbove | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nqwebe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwoba | 67 | 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
- 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 Ngwabe
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