Nongwe Surname

245,674th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,620 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Nongwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nongwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8591:63,0717,932
Zimbabwe3661:42,1816,506
DR Congo2741:269,63325,289
Tanzania831:637,85138,732
Cameroon291:716,17551,453
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Nongwe (82) may also be a first name.

Nongwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nongwe occurs most in South Africa. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nongwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 245,674th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,498,485 people. The surname Nongwe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nongwe are found; 76 percent are found in Southern Africa and 76 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Nongwe is also the 1,060,447th most commonly held forename on earth, held by 82 people.

Nongwe is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 859 people, or 1 in 63,071. In South Africa Nongwe is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 52 percent live, Western Cape, where 19 percent live and Gauteng, where 17 percent live. Beside South Africa this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 23 percent live and The DR Congo, where 17 percent live.

Nongwe Last Name Statistics demography

Nongwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.08% less than the national average, earning R 113,880 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nhongwe9220/
Nongwei921/
Ngongweh861/
Ngoungwe861/
Nongwa832,445/
Nangwe83347/
Nonkwe83256/
Nongbe83247/
Nongue8326/
Nungwe8317/
Nongve831/
Nongwi831/
Nomgwe831/
Gnongwhey801/
Gnongue7719/
Noungue7719/
Noungwa7718/
Ngungwe7716/
Noungbe7713/
Nounkwe7711/
Nhungwe777/
Nangwej774/
Naungwe773/
Nanngwe772/
Naangwe772/
Nonghwa771/
Nongwha771/
Nongbee771/
Nnumgwe771/
Noumgwe771/
Nangwey771/
Nahngwe771/
Nnongue771/
Gnongoue71226/
Noungoue7137/
Natingwe719/
Nahangwe717/
Ngnangwe712/
Nanyngwe712/
Nganggwe711/
Nangwech711/
Nounkweu711/
Ngongwio711/
Nonguher711/
Nangbe672,676/
Nangue671,720/
Nangwa67897/
Nungwa67474/
Nonque67376/
Nongui67168/
Nungwi67166/
Ngong'wai67129/
Nangwi6761/
Nungue6725/
Numgwe6722/
Gnongouhe6717/
Nachengwe679/
Nungbe676/
Nankwe675/
Nongbi674/
Nunkwe671/
Nachingwe671/
Ngong'way671/
Nounengue671/
Namgwe671/
Ngnongoue671/
Gnongouet671/

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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 Nongwe
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