Ngwimba Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Ngwimba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngwimba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia291:546,54923,344
Cameroon151:1,384,60580,726
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Ngwimba Last Name Facts

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

Ngwimba occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ngwimba.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngwimba? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ngwimba is the 2,352,516th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. Ngwimba is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwimba are found; 70 percent are found in Southern Africa and 70 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most common in Zambia, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 546,549. In Zambia Ngwimba is most common in: Central Province, where 93 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 7 percent reside. Besides Zambia Ngwimba is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 23 percent reside and Malawi, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Nkwimba868/
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Ngwimbe862/
Gwimbai861/
Ngwimbo861/
Gweimba861/
Gwmba832/
Ngwaimbo803/
Ngwembah802/
Nguimbah802/
Ngqwemba802/
Ngwimbip801/
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Guimba776,173/
Kwimba771,962/
Gwemba77670/
Gwinba772/
Ngweambea754/
Nguimbi7124,504/
Ngwembe711,416/
Nguemba71387/
Gbaimba71137/
Ngqumba71100/
Nkwemba7149/
Nkuimba7138/
Nguimby7122/
Nguimbo7118/
Guimbai7116/
Nguimbe7116/
Gboimba714/
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Ngbemba714/
Ngwembi712/
Hguimba711/
Ngwenba711/
Ggwemba711/
Gwaimbo711/
Guimbaa711/
Gbeimba711/
Ngwinbi711/
Kwimbad711/
Ghuimba711/
Kgwemba711/
Ngcwembe67324/
Guimbeau67245/
Nguimbou6748/
Ngqumbai6710/
Ngwainbo6710/
N'Guimbi679/
Ngwembou672/
Ngwemboh672/
Gwmva671/
Nguimbhy671/
Ngouemba671/
Gwehemba671/
Ngwembeh671/
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Nguemb'a671/
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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 Ngwimba
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