Ngwabe Surname

231,254th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,748 people bear this surname

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

Ngwabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngwabe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,4541:37,2614,775
Tanzania1481:357,71426,551
Uganda711:549,84930,277
Zimbabwe331:467,82539,606
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Cameroon131:1,597,62187,539
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ngwabe (15) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngcwabe92713/
Ngwabeu921/
Ngwaabe921/
Ngwabije86485/
Ngwabi832,488/
Ngwaba831,203/
Ngbabe83134/
Nkwabe83109/
Ngwebe8390/
Ncwabe8311/
Ngwave837/
Nqwabe831/
Ngwabit7733/
Ngcwaba7732/
Ngqwobe7725/
Ngwabiy7723/
Ngwabaa7716/
Ngwebeh7713/
Ngqwaba776/
Ngweabi774/
Ngwuibe773/
Ngwuaba773/
Ngwaaba773/
Ngwabay773/
Nkgwabi772/
Ngwahbi772/
Nncwabe772/
Ngwabyt772/
Ngqwebe771/
Ngcwebe771/
Ngbaube771/
Nkwabeu771/
Nkwabei771/
Nkwabeh771/
Ngwabih771/
Ngwaabi771/
Ngwobei771/
Ngwabaya7127/
Nghuabie711/
Nkwabi6714,735/
Ncwaba67355/
Nkwebe67169/
Ngwavi67143/
Nguabi67114/
Nkwaba6752/
Nguaba6732/
Ngbabi6727/
Ngwebi679/
Ncwabi675/
Ngwobi671/
Ngbave671/
Nkuabe671/
Ngbove671/
Nqwebe671/
Ngwoba671/

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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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  • 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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