Nansanya Surname
Approximately 296 people bear this surname
Nansanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Tanzania | 60 | 1:882,360 | 43,917 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Nansanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nansanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nansanya is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nansanya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 902,012th most widespread last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 24,620,088 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nansanya are found; 79 percent are found in Southern Africa and 79 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Nansanya is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Other than Malawi this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 20 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Nansanya
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