It means Ngombe = Cow = Nkomo in old Sintu language. They use it with Njombe as well. This surname comes from a Sibiya king called Ngobe. Sibiya ngezinkomo abafokazana bebiya ngamahlahla (Sasa/Shasha - VaHlengwe-Mabasa in here as well - also works). Ngobe was born to Mheqwa. You can see the Qwa-Qwa, MaKwa (Qwa = Cwa = Kwa = Gwa etc.) and Ngwane in there. I know it's strange to think of a Zulu giiving rise to a Sotho town and heritage but all Batlokwa are BaHlongwa and they are Zulu (and have strong representation within the Tsongas) - ask the Royal Families - there are Batlokwa living in KZN as Zulu people in remote areas such as Nquthu - their stronghold and where the Marawas are from. Zulus are mostly Tsongas and Sothos. The Sibiya also gave rise to Makwa (Who are thought to be Vanwa'nathi but there are many more in all tribes in Africa and were the most traded slaves in Africa together with Diko/Dinka - Bhaca/Singo Venda and the Bhayi-Mbai-Bika-Mambai or Kamba tribes jointly called the Mijikenda or Midzichenda (what we are called in Kenya) or Venda and any surname with a Kwa, Gwa, Goa, Qwa, Cwa etc. amongst Xhosas, Zulus and pretty much everyone out there is a Sibiya even in india, South Pacific and Amerika - there are millions upon millions of black people living in Amerika, probably close to 400m and most of them are Makua. Look up Sibiya and you will find some history. A lot of tribes come from Sibiya in South Africa. The tribes we call ourselves now have been distorted to hide our true history. Biya/Bia is a common surname in Africa - the president of Cameroon is Paul Biya (AmaBulu/AmaBolo/Appolo tribe - which is a big tribe within South Africa), the Nambya in Zimbabwe came from Pongola, Sibiya are headquartered in Pongola, Subiya in Zambia and Ivory Coast-Nigeria-Ghana have language sets call Bia languages. Just search and pray Bafo. The history was hidden by God because of who we are. What we mean to Him. As long as you worship the triune God who sits i...

Cynthia Ngobeza. There is also a "Ngobeza" in the Dladla-Mbatha-Mbeje surname: "uJobha wazala u Nolenge, U Noshevu wazala u Madanyini, Ngobeza, Nkenke, Lukhoso no Gxaza,". http://amambatha.wordpress.com/2012/10/07/abakwa-dladla/

Cynthia ngobeza u are wrong whem u say ngobeni is not related to ngobeza. I grew up knowing ngobeni as ngobeza so what u saying is entirely not true. Im also waiting for other ngobeni to come forward to comment about this.

When I open other surnames in this category they don't open. Idk what cd be wrong with this website is it the admin blocking b right minds of us expansive researchers with deep curiosity?? Ngobeni, Ngobe, Ngobese and some others won't open. Imhlolokazi ley!!! NB: Admin was WRONG with this site? Senadineka manjhe!

my surname is ngobese but was spelled wrong when then say ngobeza. dnt get confused. ngobeni people are different not even related to you