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 carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwabe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ngwabe is the 231,254th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 4,169,077 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwabe live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most common forename throughout the world, borne by 15 people.
It is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,454 people, or 1 in 37,261. In South Africa Ngwabe is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 87 percent reside, Gauteng, where 7 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 2 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 8 percent reside and Uganda, where 4 percent reside.
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis