Banyakwa Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Banyakwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
Banyakwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Banyakwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Banyakwa occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Banyakwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,955,159th most common family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. The surname Banyakwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Banyakwa are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 830,108. Apart from The DR Congo Banyakwa occurs in one country. It is also common in Belgium, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Banyakwa
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