Ngwambe Surname

966,131st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 269 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Ngwambe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngwambe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1981:373,12932,235
South Africa381:1,425,72975,291
Cameroon281:741,75252,682
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Ngwambe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ngwambe is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngwambe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 966,131st most frequent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 27,091,249 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwambe live; 84 percent live in Central Africa and 84 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 198 people, or 1 in 373,129. Aside from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 14 percent live and Cameroon, where 10 percent live.

Ngwambe Last Name Statistics demography

Ngwambe earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 3.72% less than the national average, earning R 228,792 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Ngweambea884/
Ngwamba861,427/
Ngwembe861,416/
Nguambe86139/
Ngwambi86112/
Nkwambe8659/
Ngbambe864/
Ngvambe861/
Ngcwembe80324/
Ngqwamba807/
N'Gbambe801/
Ngwamboy801/
Ngwembeh801/
Nghwambi801/
Ng'wamba801/
Ngwainmbi7578/
Ngwombieh751/
Ngcwaimba751/
Nkwembe711,233/
Nkwamba71509/
Nkwambi71408/
Ngbombe71144/
Ngbambi7121/
Ngwanbi7118/
Nqwamba713/
Ncwembe712/
Ngwembi712/
Ngbanbe711/
Ngwanve711/
Ncwamba711/
Ngwainbi67311/
Ngbombea6727/
Nkwembeh671/
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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 Ngwambe
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