Nakhumwa Surname

326,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,139 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Malawi

Nakhumwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nakhumwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya5661:81,5907,508
Malawi5491:31,1824,677
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
England21:27,859,030389,889
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nakhumwa (162) may also be a first name.

Nakhumwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nakhumwa is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nakhumwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nakhumwa is the 326,350th most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,398,197 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nakhumwa reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 720,105th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 162 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 566 people, or 1 in 81,590. In Kenya it is most common in: Kakamega County, where 35 percent reside, Busia County, where 32 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 18 percent reside. Beside Kenya it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 48 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.

Nakhumwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Nakhumwa surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Nakhumwa
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