Ngwanyana Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Ngwanyana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngwanyana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581

Ngwanyana (169) may also be a first name.

Ngwanyana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ngwanyana is found most in South Africa. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngwanyana? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,649,889th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwanyana live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Ngwanyana is also the 703,581st most frequent first name internationally, held by 169 people.

Ngwanyana is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 5,417,770. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 80 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 20 percent live. Not including South Africa Ngwanyana exists in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 44 percent live.

Ngwanyana Last Name Statistics demography

Ngwanyana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.09% less than the national average, earning R 94,836 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngwanyanga951/
Nkwanyana8921,654/
Ngwanyane8913/
Ncwanyana891/
Ngwanyange84226/
Nkwanyanna841/
Nkwanyane781,498/
Nkwanjana783/
Nkwanyani783/
Nkwonyana782/
Nkwanyona782/
Nkuanyana781/
Nkwanyano781/
Nguanyange7455/
Nkwanyange741/
Nkwonyona671/
Nkwagnoni561/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Ngwanyana
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis