Ngwai Surname
Approximately 726 people bear this surname
Ngwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 173 | 1:266,936 | 17,720 |
| Cameroon | 129 | 1:161,001 | 17,453 |
| Tanzania | 108 | 1:490,200 | 32,950 |
| Zambia | 100 | 1:158,499 | 11,214 |
| Nigeria | 76 | 1:2,330,826 | 78,393 |
| Botswana | 55 | 1:39,762 | 7,636 |
| South Africa | 50 | 1:1,083,554 | 64,652 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Ngwai (512) may also be a first name.
Ngwai Demographics
Average Ngwai Salary in
South Africa
R 127,908
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Ngwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngwai has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ngwai is the 464,191st most commonly used surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 10,037,942 people. The surname Ngwai occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ngwai reside; 39 percent reside in East Africa and 39 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 373,684th most frequently occurring forename worldwide, borne by 512 people.
The surname is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 173 people, or 1 in 266,936. In Kenya Ngwai is mostly found in: Taita Taveta County, where 69 percent live, Kitui County, where 27 percent live and Kwale County, where 2 percent live. Apart from Kenya this surname occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 18 percent live and Tanzania, where 15 percent live.
Ngwai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Ngwai last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Ngwai earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.18% less than the national average, earning R 127,908 per year.
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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 Ngwai
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