Nguwaya Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Nguwaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 181 | 1:85,294 | 12,405 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nguwaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nguwaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nguwaya occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nguwaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,263,456th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nguwaya reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 181 people, or 1 in 85,294. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Midlands Province, where 65 percent reside, Harare Province, where 14 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe Nguwaya exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 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 Nguwaya
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