Ngwezye Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Ngwezye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 63 | 1:251,586 | 15,178 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
Ngwezye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwezye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ngwezye is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Ngwezye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwezye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,736,881st most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwezye reside; 57 percent reside in Southern Africa and 57 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Ngwezye is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 251,586. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Copperbelt Province, where 62 percent reside, North-Western Province, where 32 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Zambia it exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 43 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngwezhye | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nguezye | 86 | 16 | / |
| Ngwejye | 86 | 4 | / |
| Nguezaye | 80 | 256 | / |
| Ngueziye | 80 | 95 | / |
| Nguezeye | 80 | 28 | / |
| Ngwiziye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngweshye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngwegeye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nguizye | 71 | 82 | / |
| Nguezeu | 71 | 6 | / |
| Ngwesay | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ngwesie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwejei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngbezea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nguezey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nguezea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nguizaye | 67 | 1,463 | / |
| Nguiziye | 67 | 1,149 | / |
| Nguizeye | 67 | 132 | / |
| Nguezaya | 67 | 108 | / |
| Nkwegeye | 67 | 18 | / |
| Ngueziya | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ngwessie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nguesaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guezeyie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwesoyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngweshie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nguejiye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nguejeye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nguegeye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nguezeya | 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 Ngwezye
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