Nawanga Surname

217,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,882 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Nawanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nawanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi7841:21,8363,343
Uganda7491:52,1226,279
Kenya1771:260,90317,444
DR Congo1301:568,30443,658
Zimbabwe161:964,89061,721
Namibia131:185,3399,730
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
England21:27,859,030389,889
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nawanga (92) may also be a first name.

Nawanga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nawanga occurs most in Malawi. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nawanga? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nawanga is the 217,797th most prevalent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,872,235 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nawanga live; 49 percent live in East Africa and 44 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nawanga is also the 992,070th most numerous given name worldwide. It is borne by 92 people.

This surname is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 784 people, or 1 in 21,836. Not including Malawi this surname is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 40 percent live and Kenya, where 9 percent live.

Nawanga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Nawanga last name is predominantly Christian (100%) 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 Nawanga
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