Nogwaba Surname

542,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 591 people bear this surname

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

Nogwaba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nogwaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5901:91,82711,236
England11:55,718,059489,080

Nogwaba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nogwaba has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nogwaba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 542,751st most numerous family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 12,330,873 people. Nogwaba occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nogwaba reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 590 people, or 1 in 91,827. In South Africa Nogwaba is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 67 percent are found, Gauteng, where 16 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent are found. Besides South Africa Nogwaba is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found.

Nogwaba Last Name Statistics demography

Nogwaba earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 62.09% less than the national average, earning R 90,084 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nogqwaba931/
Nongwaba931/
Nongcwaba881/
Nagwaba861/
Nogweba861/
Noqwaba861/
Nogwabi861/
Nogcwabe8065/
Nonqwaba801/
Nogbabe71291/
Nekwaba714/
Nagwabo711/
Naagbaba671/
Ngugwabi671/
Nagbabai671/
Nakwabe575/
Nakwoba574/
Nakweba573/
Nekweba572/
Nokwebo571/
Nakwabo571/
Nagboba571/
Nagbabo571/
Nougbovo5352/
Naagboba538/
Nougbovi531/
Nougbobe531/
Nogueiva531/
Naagvaboy501/

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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 Nogwaba
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