Ngweshi Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Ngweshi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Zambia | 10 | 1:1,584,992 | 31,679 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ngweshi (22) may also be a first name.
Ngweshi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngweshi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngweshi is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngweshi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ngweshi is the 1,604,449th most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngweshi live; 88 percent live in Central Africa and 88 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 22 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 677,794. Beside The DR Congo this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 8 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.
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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 Ngweshi
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