Ngwangwa Surname

236,399th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,700 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Ngwangwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngwangwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi9411:18,1922,844
DR Congo3831:192,89719,402
Tanzania1201:441,18030,663
Zimbabwe1201:128,65217,093
South Africa981:552,83443,423
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Cameroon121:1,730,75692,157
United States111:32,950,812797,015
England11:55,718,059489,080
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Ngwangwa (80) may also be a first name.

Ngwangwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ngwangwa is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ngwangwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngwangwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 236,399th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 4,286,792 people. The last name Ngwangwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngwangwa reside; 68 percent reside in Southern Africa and 68 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,075,395th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 80 people.

It is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 941 people, or 1 in 18,192. Excluding Malawi it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 23 percent live and Tanzania, where 7 percent live.

Ngwangwa Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Ngwangwa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 26.15% less than the national average, earning R 175,500 per year and in United States they earn 253.72% more than the national average, earning $152,625 USD 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
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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 Ngwangwa
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