Ngwerume Surname

117,152nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,932 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Ngwerume Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngwerume Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3,8381:4,022349
South Africa411:1,321,40772,211
England351:1,591,94567,242
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Ngwerume (74) may also be a first name.

Ngwerume Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ngwerume is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ngwerume.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngwerume? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 117,152nd most widely held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,853,394 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngwerume are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,125,792nd most frequent forename at a global level, held by 74 people.

The surname Ngwerume is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 3,838 people, or 1 in 4,022. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Harare Province, where 30 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 25 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 24 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe Ngwerume is found in 12 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Ngwerume Last Name Statistics demography

Ngwerume earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 89.93% more than the national average, earning R 451,344 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 Ngwerume
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