Diniwa Surname
Approximately 460 people bear this surname
Diniwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 444 | 1:38,557 | 5,632 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Diniwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Diniwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Diniwa is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Diniwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 655,080th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 15,842,491 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Diniwa are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 444 people, or 1 in 38,557. Besides Malawi Diniwa exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diniwas | 92 | 12 | / |
| Dingiwa | 92 | 5 | / |
| Diniwat | 92 | 4 | / |
| Diniwai | 92 | 1 | / |
| Dainiwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Dhiniwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Diniwe | 83 | 201 | / |
| Diniva | 83 | 40 | / |
| Diniba | 83 | 4 | / |
| Duniwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Dinewa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Dinieva | 77 | 116 | / |
| Diniwet | 77 | 60 | / |
| Duniway | 77 | 15 | / |
| Denhiwa | 77 | 10 | / |
| Dhiniwe | 77 | 10 | / |
| Dengiwa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Dinivaz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Deniewa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Degniwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dinibai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dieniva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ditniwet | 71 | 84 | / |
| Dunniway | 71 | 71 | / |
| Duinibai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dineva | 67 | 6,565 | / |
| Dunjwa | 67 | 1,114 | / |
| Deniva | 67 | 35 | / |
| Denewa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Dinibe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Deniba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dinivo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dynjwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Djniba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deniwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Deniwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Denywa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dinevi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dunuwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dinivy | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Diniwa
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