Ngwaqa Surname

526,921st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 615 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Ngwaqa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngwaqa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6121:88,52610,855
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Ngwaqa Last Name Facts

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

Ngwaqa occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngwaqa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ngwaqa is the 526,921st most frequent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 11,849,668 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwaqa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 612 people, or 1 in 88,526. In South Africa Ngwaqa is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 56 percent are found, Gauteng, where 18 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 17 percent are found. Besides South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Ngwaqa Last Name Statistics demography

Ngwaqa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.48% less than the national average, earning R 155,712 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngwaka831,017/
Ngwaca8332/
Nkwaqa833/
Nqwaqa831/
Nguaqa831/
Ngwakah7775/
Ng'waka775/
Ngweaka771/
Ngqwaka771/
Ngwakaha71109/
Ngwako672,576/
Nguaka67200/
Ngweka67141/
Nkwaka6762/
Ngwoka6715/
Ngwacheah673/
Nkwaca671/
Nqwaca671/

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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 Ngwaqa
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