Ngwaku Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Ngwaku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Ngwaku (99) may also be a first name.
Ngwaku Demographics
Average Ngwaku Salary in
South Africa
R 50,244
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Ngwaku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwaku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngwaku is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwaku? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ngwaku is the 3,100,440th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. Ngwaku occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwaku reside; 50 percent reside in Central Africa and 50 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Ngwaku is also the 951,070th most common first name world-wide, borne by 99 people.
The last name Ngwaku is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 1,298,067. In Cameroon Ngwaku is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 94 percent are found and West Region, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon Ngwaku occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 35 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 15 percent are found.
Ngwaku Last Name Statistics demography
Ngwaku earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 78.86% less than the national average, earning R 50,244 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngwakeu | 92 | 5 | / |
| Ngwakou | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ngqwaku | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ngwakui | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nkgwakou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nguaku | 83 | 130 | / |
| Nqwaku | 83 | 25 | / |
| Ngweku | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nkwaku | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ngwoku | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ncwaku | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nkwuaku | 77 | 29 | / |
| Nkwakeu | 77 | 17 | / |
| Nkwakou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwekui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nguakeup | 71 | 16 | / |
| Ngwekuih | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwacheu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngueakeu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngboku | 67 | 178 | / |
| Nkuaku | 67 | 82 | / |
| Nkweku | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nkwoku | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Gbahakou | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nkwekeu | 62 | 86 | / |
| Ngbokou | 62 | 11 | / |
| Ngbouku | 62 | 3 | / |
| Nguokeu | 62 | 1 | / |
| N'Gbokui | 57 | 2 | / |
| Nkweukeu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nkwacheu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ngboukou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nkueku | 50 | 21 | / |
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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 Ngwaku
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