Nambwanga Surname
Approximately 294 people bear this surname
Nambwanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 250 | 1:211,766 | 17,801 |
| Namibia | 44 | 1:54,759 | 6,488 |
Nambwanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nambwanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nambwanga is most common in Tanzania. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nambwanga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 906,170th most widespread last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 24,787,571 people. The surname Nambwanga is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nambwanga live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 250 people, or 1 in 211,766. In Tanzania Nambwanga is primarily concentrated in: Mtwara Region, where 66 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 34 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 0 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Namibia, where 15 percent are found.
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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 Nambwanga
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