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 frequently in Namibia. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngweda? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,052,587th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 30,619,941 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngweda are found; 85 percent are found in Southern Africa and 85 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Namibia, where it is held by 199 people, or 1 in 12,108. In Namibia it is primarily concentrated in: Ohangwena Region, where 84 percent reside, Khomas Region, where 13 percent reside and Oshikoto Region, where 2 percent reside. Other than Namibia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
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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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