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 surname Nasawa is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nasawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Nasawa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,144,405th most frequently held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 34,702,600 people. The surname Nasawa occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nasawa live; 62 percent live in Southern Africa and 62 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 17 people.
It is most widely held in Malawi, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Apart from Malawi Nasawa occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 32 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 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
- 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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