Nanzala Surname

41,760th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,497 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nanzala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nanzala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda8,0891:4,826887
Kenya4,3641:10,5821,343
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Nanzala (1,942) may also be a first name.

Nanzala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nanzala occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanzala? popularity and diffusion

Nanzala is the 41,760th most common surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 583,144 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nanzala are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 73 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 172,074th most commonly held forename internationally, borne by 1,942 people.

This last name is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 8,089 people, or 1 in 4,826. In Uganda Nanzala is primarily concentrated in: Manafwa District, where 18 percent are found, Pallisa District, where 11 percent are found and Kibuku District, where 11 percent are found. Not including Uganda Nanzala occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 35 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.

Nanzala Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Nanzala surname is predominantly Christian (99%) in Kenya.

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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 Nanzala
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