Nhungwa Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Nhungwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nhungwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe191:812,53955,590
Tanzania181:2,941,20149,497
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Nhungwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nhungwa is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nhungwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Nhungwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,185,033rd most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nhungwa live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 812,539. In Zimbabwe Nhungwa is most prevalent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 68 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 32 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 47 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nhung'wa939/
Nhunghwa931/
Nh'ungwa931/
Nungwa92474/
Nyungwa86430/
Njungwa86314/
Noungwa8618/
Nhingwa867/
Nungwah864/
Nunngwa861/
Nnungwa861/
Njung'wa8089/
Nnyungwa801/
Njoungwa801/
Njungwua801/
Nongwa772,445/
Nungba7797/
Numgwa7714/
Nungua7714/
Nungwo771/
Ngung'hwa752/
Nyongwa71116/
Njongwa7160/
Nounkwa7146/
Nunguai7110/
Njungwo713/
Noengwa712/
Nyungua711/
Ngungwo711/
Nongwha711/
Noungba711/
Nonghwa711/
Njumgwai671/
Ny'ongwa671/
Nyungwei671/
Njeunkwa671/
Njungwoh671/
Njungwei671/

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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 Nhungwa
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