Ngwenyana Surname

1,491,356th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 141 people bear this surname

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

Ngwenyana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngwenyana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1381:392,59234,819
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Ngwenyana (10) may also be a first name.

Ngwenyana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ngwenyana occurs most in South Africa. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngwenyana? popularity and diffusion

Ngwenyana is the 1,491,356th most frequent family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngwenyana live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 10 people.

The last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 138 people, or 1 in 392,592. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Mpumalanga, where 37 percent reside, Gauteng, where 22 percent reside and Limpopo, where 10 percent reside. Outside of South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside and Scotland, where 1 percent reside.

Ngwenyana Last Name Statistics demography

Ngwenyana earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.13% less than the national average, earning R 149,412 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 Ngwenyana
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