Ngwadzai Surname

730,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 397 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Ngwadzai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngwadzai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3491:44,2366,805
Zambia441:360,22618,771
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Ngwadzai (96) may also be a first name.

Ngwadzai Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ngwadzai is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngwadzai? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ngwadzai is the 730,373rd most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 18,356,539 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngwadzai live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Ngwadzai is also the 968,397th most frequently occurring forename at a global level It is held by 96 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 349 people, or 1 in 44,236. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 53 percent are found, Harare Province, where 26 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 6 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 11 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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 Ngwadzai
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