Ngwirah Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Ngwirah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Ngwirah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngwirah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ngwirah has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngwirah? popularity and diffusion
Ngwirah is the 1,775,494th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngwirah reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Not including Malawi this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 1 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngwirach | 93 | 2 | / |
| Ngwira | 92 | 69,575 | / |
| Ngwaira | 86 | 10 | / |
| Ngwiraa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gwira | 83 | 613 | / |
| Nguirrah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gwaira | 77 | 159 | / |
| Nguira | 77 | 94 | / |
| Ngwera | 77 | 74 | / |
| Nkwira | 77 | 64 | / |
| Gwirai | 77 | 52 | / |
| Gqwira | 77 | 15 | / |
| Ngwiro | 77 | 15 | / |
| Guirah | 77 | 9 | / |
| Gwoira | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ngbira | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwura | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwerah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gbirah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nkwaira | 71 | 32 | / |
| Ngueira | 71 | 15 | / |
| Guiraha | 71 | 8 | / |
| N'Guira | 71 | 5 | / |
| Gqwirha | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ngcwera | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwerat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Guira | 67 | 35,193 | / |
| Gwera | 67 | 625 | / |
| Kwira | 67 | 164 | / |
| Gbira | 67 | 46 | / |
| Güira | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cwira | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gwiro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kweiraha | 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
- 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 Ngwirah
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis