Ngwashe Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Ngwashe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Ngwashe (6) may also be a first name.
Ngwashe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwashe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngwashe is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwashe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ngwashe is the 8,968,613th most commonly used surname globally, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwashe live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 4,967,096th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 6 people.
The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 50 percent live and Limpopo, where 50 percent live. Besides South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 25 percent live and Zambia, where 25 percent live.
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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 Ngwashe
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