Nanjiwa Surname

626,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 489 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Nanjiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nanjiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi4711:36,3465,352
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nanjiwa Last Name Facts

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

Nanjiwa occurs most in Malawi. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanjiwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nanjiwa is the 626,382nd most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 14,902,957 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nanjiwa live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Nanjiwa is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 471 people, or 1 in 36,346. Other than Malawi this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nandjiwa932/
Nainjiwa931/
Nanjiba86811/
Nonjiwa8628/
Nanjiwe8613/
Nangiwa868/
Nansiwa867/
Nanziwa866/
Naniewa864/
Nanyiwa861/
Nangiwai809/
Nanzziwa801/
Nanyiwua801/
Nanjibhai7546/
Ngoynjiwa751/
Nanieva71703/
Nanziba71634/
Nansiba7127/
Nonjiwo7118/
Nongiwa7117/
Nonxiwa7111/
Nonjiwe718/
Nansiwo711/
Nanchaiwai711/
Nangiba711/
Nanjeba711/
Nansibai674/
Nagnieva672/
Nancewat672/
Noncojwa671/
Ngonjiwo671/
Nahnieva671/
Nanzibah671/
Nangibai671/

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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 Nanjiwa
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