Ngweda Surname
Approximately 238 people bear this surname
Ngweda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 199 | 1:12,108 | 2,279 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Ngweda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngweda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngweda is found most in Namibia. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngweda? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,052,587th most numerous last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 30,619,941 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngweda live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Ngweda is most common in Namibia, where it is held by 199 people, or 1 in 12,108. In Namibia Ngweda is most numerous in: Ohangwena Region, where 84 percent live, Khomas Region, where 13 percent live and Oshikoto Region, where 2 percent live. Outside of Namibia Ngweda is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 14 percent live and South Africa, where 2 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 Ngweda
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