Ngwekazi Surname

258,090th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,525 people bear this surname

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

Ngwekazi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngwekazi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,4711:36,8314,723
Zimbabwe431:359,02933,752
Swaziland91:144,244719
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ngwekazi (120) may also be a first name.

Ngwekazi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ngwekazi is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngwekazi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 258,090th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 4,778,719 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwekazi are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 852,104th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 120 people.

This last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,471 people, or 1 in 36,831. In South Africa Ngwekazi is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 42 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 30 percent are found and Gauteng, where 14 percent are found. Barring South Africa Ngwekazi is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found and Swaziland, where 1 percent are found.

Ngwekazi Last Name Statistics demography

Ngwekazi earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.27% less than the national average, earning R 115,812 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nqwekazi886/
Ngwikazi882/
Ngwakazi881/
Ngwekasi881/
Ngwekozi881/
Ngwaqazi7539/
Ngwaquazi7118/
Nguakhazi711/
Ngwakasie711/
Nkwekeze637/
Nkwikaza631/
Nkwikaize593/
Ngwaketsi591/
Ngwecose501/

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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 Ngwekazi
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