Nanjiwa Surname
Approximately 489 people bear this surname
Nanjiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 471 | 1:36,346 | 5,352 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nanjiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nanjiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nanjiwa occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. 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 frequently used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 14,902,957 people. Nanjiwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nanjiwa reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 471 people, or 1 in 36,346. Without taking into account Malawi this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nandjiwa | 93 | 2 | / |
| Nainjiwa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nanjiba | 86 | 811 | / |
| Nonjiwa | 86 | 28 | / |
| Nanjiwe | 86 | 13 | / |
| Nangiwa | 86 | 8 | / |
| Nansiwa | 86 | 7 | / |
| Nanziwa | 86 | 6 | / |
| Naniewa | 86 | 4 | / |
| Nanyiwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nangiwai | 80 | 9 | / |
| Nanzziwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nanyiwua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nanjibhai | 75 | 46 | / |
| Ngoynjiwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nanieva | 71 | 703 | / |
| Nanziba | 71 | 634 | / |
| Nansiba | 71 | 27 | / |
| Nonjiwo | 71 | 18 | / |
| Nongiwa | 71 | 17 | / |
| Nonxiwa | 71 | 11 | / |
| Nonjiwe | 71 | 8 | / |
| Nansiwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nanchaiwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nangiba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nanjeba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nansibai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nagnieva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nancewat | 67 | 2 | / |
| Noncojwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngonjiwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nahnieva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nanzibah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nangibai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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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