Ngwabile Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

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

Ngwabile Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngwabile Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Ngwabile Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ngwabile is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngwabile? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,665,662nd most numerous family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Ngwabile occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwabile live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 1,934,918. In South Africa Ngwabile is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 71 percent live, Gauteng, where 21 percent live and Northern Cape, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 3 percent live.

Ngwabile Last Name Statistics demography

Ngwabile earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 84.68% less than the national average, earning R 36,396 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngwabila8879/
Ngwabele888/
Ngwabili881/
Ncwabile881/
Ng'wabila824/
Ngwabela75140/
Nkwabila753/
Ngbabele751/
Ngbabili751/
Ng'webele712/
Ngwebilui711/
Nkwabela6318/
Nkwebele637/
Ngbavele634/
Ngwobela5017/
Nkuebele508/

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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 Ngwabile
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