Nawanda Surname

377,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 948 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nawanda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nawanda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania9301:56,9266,188
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Nawanda (50) may also be a first name.

Nawanda Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nawanda is found most in Tanzania. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nawanda click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nawanda? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nawanda is the 377,044th most prevalent last name globally, held by around 1 in 7,687,285 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nawanda reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Nawanda is also the 1,412,538th most prevalent given name globally. It is borne by 50 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 930 people, or 1 in 56,926. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mtwara Region, where 63 percent are found, Lindi Region, where 22 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 7 percent are found. Besides Tanzania Nawanda exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 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
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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 Nawanda
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