Nanyangwe Surname
Approximately 22,170 people bear this surname
Nanyangwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 22,047 | 1:719 | 95 |
| Tanzania | 99 | 1:534,764 | 34,532 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nanyangwe (21) may also be a first name.
Nanyangwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nanyangwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nanyangwe occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nanyangwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 24,392nd most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 328,712 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nanyangwe are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Nanyangwe is also the 2,368,944th most commonly held forename on earth. It is borne by 21 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is borne by 22,047 people, or 1 in 719. In Zambia Nanyangwe is primarily found in: Northern Province, where 51 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 16 percent live and Muchinga Province, where 14 percent live. Beside Zambia Nanyangwe exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Nanyangwe
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