Ngwayi Surname
Approximately 1,595 people bear this surname
Ngwayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,212 | 1:17,136 | 2,353 |
| DR Congo | 219 | 1:337,350 | 29,912 |
| South Africa | 116 | 1:467,049 | 38,892 |
| Zimbabwe | 35 | 1:441,093 | 38,294 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Ngwayi (38) may also be a first name.
Ngwayi Demographics
Average Ngwayi Salary in
South Africa
R 68,136
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Ngwayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngwayi is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 248,973rd most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,568,994 people. The last name Ngwayi is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwayi reside; 89 percent reside in Central Africa and 89 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most widely held given name worldwide It is held by 38 people.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,212 people, or 1 in 17,136. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 68 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 12 percent reside and Centre Region, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside and South Africa, where 7 percent reside.
Ngwayi Last Name Statistics demography
Ngwayi earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 71.33% less than the national average, earning R 68,136 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
- 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 Ngwayi
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