Ngxowa Surname

629,292nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 486 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Ngxowa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngxowa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4741:114,29913,707
Lesotho111:184,77813,836
England11:55,718,059489,080

Ngxowa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ngxowa is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngxowa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 629,292nd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 14,994,950 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngxowa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 474 people, or 1 in 114,299. In South Africa Ngxowa is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 62 percent live, Western Cape, where 17 percent live and Gauteng, where 12 percent live. Not including South Africa Ngxowa occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 2 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Ngxowa Last Name Statistics demography

Ngxowa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.86% less than the national average, earning R 159,540 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nxowa9151/
Ngxoshwa862/
Ngcowa8397/
Nxhowa8323/
Ngxova833/
Ngxawa832/
Ngxoba832/
Ngjowa831/
Nxawa732/
Nxoba731/
Ngxaw731/
Ngcawa6786/
Ngxawo6743/
Ngxobo674/
Ngxaba672/
Ngx672/

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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 Ngxowa
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