Ngwelela Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Ngwelela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 13 | 1:1,219,225 | 30,856 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ngwelela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwelela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngwelela is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ngwelela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwelela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,427,875th most frequently used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. Ngwelela is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwelela are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Ngwelela is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 1,219,225. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Central Province, where 38 percent are found, Western Province, where 38 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 8 percent are found. Besides Zambia this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 20 percent are found and Tanzania, where 10 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Ngwelela
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