Dimwaya Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Dimwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 56 | 1:945,386 | 44,615 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Dimwaya (24) may also be a first name.
Dimwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dimwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dimwaya occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dimwaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dimwaya is the 2,555,468th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname Dimwaya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dimwaya reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 24 people.
The last name Dimwaya is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 945,386. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 98 percent reside and Pwani Region, where 2 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, 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
- 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 Dimwaya
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