Ngwemba Surname
Approximately 471 people bear this surname
Ngwemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 444 | 1:38,557 | 5,632 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ngwemba (11) may also be a first name.
Ngwemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngwemba occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwemba? popularity and diffusion
Ngwemba is the 643,972nd most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 15,472,497 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwemba reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Ngwemba is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 11 people.
The surname Ngwemba is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 444 people, or 1 in 38,557. Besides Malawi this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngqwemba | 93 | 2 | / |
| Ngwembah | 93 | 2 | / |
| Ngweambea | 88 | 4 | / |
| Ngwamba | 86 | 1,427 | / |
| Ngwembe | 86 | 1,416 | / |
| Nguemba | 86 | 387 | / |
| Ngwimba | 86 | 66 | / |
| Nkwemba | 86 | 49 | / |
| Ngwembo | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ngbemba | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ngwembi | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ngwenba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ngcwembe | 80 | 324 | / |
| Ngqwamba | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ngwemboh | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ngwembou | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nghuemba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nguemb'a | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngueamba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngwembeh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ng'wamba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngwambea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngouemba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngueambai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ngcwaimba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nguembo | 71 | 1,514 | / |
| Nkwembe | 71 | 1,233 | / |
| Nguembi | 71 | 858 | / |
| Nkwamba | 71 | 509 | / |
| Nguembe | 71 | 316 | / |
| Ngwambo | 71 | 256 | / |
| Ngwimbi | 71 | 245 | / |
| Nguemby | 71 | 202 | / |
| Ngqumba | 71 | 100 | / |
| Nguimba | 71 | 82 | / |
| Ngbembi | 71 | 34 | / |
| Nkwembi | 71 | 14 | / |
| Nkwimba | 71 | 8 | / |
| Nqwamba | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ncwembe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nguenba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ngwimbe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nkuemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwimbo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwenbi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwenbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ncwamba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkwomba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngouembe | 67 | 1,369 | / |
| Nguembou | 67 | 1,148 | / |
| Nkouemba | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nkwembou | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ngqumbai | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ngueambo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngwaimbo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngwambou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nguimbah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngwahmbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwimbip | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwimbeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Kwembe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwamboy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkwembeh | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ngwemba
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