Nindwa Surname

195,167th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nindwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nindwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2,1491:24,6353,023
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Nindwa (1,023) may also be a first name.

Nindwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nindwa occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nindwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Nindwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nindwa is the 195,167th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,387,980 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nindwa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Nindwa is also the 250,999th most commonly held forename at a global level, held by 1,023 people.

The last name Nindwa is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2,149 people, or 1 in 24,635. In Tanzania Nindwa is mostly found in: Simiyu Region, where 75 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 9 percent are found and Shinyanga Region, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania Nindwa is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngindwa925/
Nendwa832/
Nendwoha711/
Nintwe678/
Nendwo675/
Nendwe674/
Nyondwe627/
Nyondwi622/
Nendwich57287/
Nyondweh5763/
Nyonduah571/
Nendui501/

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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 Nindwa
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