Nowanga Surname

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

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

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

Nowanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nowanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa651:833,50355,653
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Nowanga (670) may also be a first name.

Nowanga Last Name Facts

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

Nowanga occurs most in South Africa. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nowanga? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nowanga is the 2,352,516th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nowanga are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 320,531st most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 670 people.

The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 833,503. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 48 percent reside, Western Cape, where 35 percent reside and Gauteng, where 11 percent reside. Aside from South Africa Nowanga exists in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.

Nowanga Last Name Statistics demography

Nowanga earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.33% less than the national average, earning R 160,800 per year.

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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 Nowanga
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