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
Nguwaya occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nguwaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,263,456th most numerous family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. The last name 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.
It is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 85,294. In Zimbabwe Nguwaya is primarily concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 65 percent live, Harare Province, where 14 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 12 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe it occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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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