Nasawa Surname
Approximately 210 people bear this surname
Nasawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Uganda | 67 | 1:582,676 | 31,350 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Nasawa (17) may also be a first name.
Nasawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nasawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nasawa occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nasawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,144,405th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 34,702,600 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nasawa are found; 62 percent are found in Southern Africa and 62 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most common given name internationally. It is borne by 17 people.
This surname is most common in Malawi, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Besides Malawi Nasawa is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 32 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Nasawa
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