Ntwe Surname

1,035,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 243 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Ntwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ntwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1981:273,62527,113
Botswana441:49,7039,263
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Ntwe (21) may also be a first name.

Ntwe Last Name Facts

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

Ntwe is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ntwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,035,555th most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 29,989,901 people. The surname Ntwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ntwe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 21 people.

The surname Ntwe is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 198 people, or 1 in 273,625. In South Africa it is primarily found in: North West, where 67 percent are found, Gauteng, where 14 percent are found and Northern Cape, where 10 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 18 percent are found and Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.

Ntwe Last Name Statistics demography

Ntwe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 39.4% less than the national average, earning R 144,000 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ntweh892/
Ntwea892/
Ntw866/
Ntwieh801/
Ntwa75722/
Ndwe75297/
Ntue75169/
Ntwh752/
Ntwd752/
Ntwi752/
Ntoue67106/
Nthue6747/
Ntueh675/
Ntuea674/
Ntuer673/
Ndwer672/
N'Twa672/
Nnthw671/
Ndwei671/
Ndwey671/
Ndweh671/
Ntwai671/
Ntuie671/
Nthwa671/

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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 Ntwe
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