Nangawa Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Nangawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nangawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Nangawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nangawa is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nangawa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,798,600th most frequent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Nangawa reside; 59 percent reside in Southern Africa and 59 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Nangawa is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 1,029,216. In Zimbabwe Nangawa is most frequent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 87 percent reside, Harare Province, where 7 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 7 percent reside. Besides Zimbabwe it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 26 percent reside and Uganda, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngangawa937/
Nangawai933/
Nanghajwa881/
Nangawe86464/
Nangawi86315/
Nangaba8655/
Nangowa8630/
Nangava8610/
Nongawa861/
Nanggewa80301/
Nangavat80174/
Gnangawe8020/
Nhangaba804/
Ngangawo801/
Nang'ewa801/
Nangabo712,185/
Nangabi711,996/
Nangoba71142/
Nongaba7165/
Nongava7133/
Nangave716/
Nangavo716/
Nangowe714/
Nangabe712/
Nongewa712/
Nangavi712/
Nangowo711/
Nangooba67227/
Nhangave6738/
Nnangabi673/
Nnangabo672/
Nangabou671/
Nangaibo671/
Nhangavi671/
Nnangoba671/
Nongabai671/
Nangasvi671/

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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 Nangawa
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