Nitwa Surname
Approximately 477 people bear this surname
Nitwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 475 | 1:111,456 | 10,729 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Nitwa (89) may also be a first name.
Nitwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nitwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nitwa occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nitwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nitwa is the 638,206th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 15,277,874 people. Nitwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nitwa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,011,231st most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 89 people.
The surname Nitwa is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 475 people, or 1 in 111,456. In Tanzania it is most common in: Singida Region, where 49 percent reside, Dodoma Region, where 27 percent reside and Shinyanga Region, where 22 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside and India, where 0 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 Nitwa
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