Ngwekwe Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Ngwekwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngwekwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania111:4,812,87455,358
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Ngwekwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ngwekwe is found most in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngwekwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,274,477th most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwekwe reside; 36 percent reside in East Africa and 36 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Ngwekwe is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 4,812,874. In Tanzania Ngwekwe is most prevalent in: Simiyu Region, where 82 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 9 percent live and Tabora Region, where 9 percent live. Not including Tanzania Ngwekwe occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 25 percent live and South Africa, where 25 percent live.

Ngwekwe Last Name Statistics demography

Ngwekwe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.79% less than the national average, earning R 135,948 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 Ngwekwe
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