Nizwa Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Nizwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nizwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

Nizwa (201) may also be a first name.

Nizwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nizwa (Arabic: نزوى) is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nizwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,968,613th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Nizwa is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Nizwa live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Nizwa is also the 639,077th most frequently used given name internationally, held by 201 people.

The surname Nizwa is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 7,719,120. In Zimbabwe Nizwa is primarily found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 50 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 50 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 25 percent live and Syria, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nhizwa9143/
Nierzwa8311/
Neirzwa832/
Nizba802/
Nizva801/
Nizwi801/
Nijwah73170/
Naizwe738/
Ngezwa732/
Nizhva731/
Nhyzwa731/
Nizweet671/
Nitshwa671/
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Nizwa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nizwa in the Arabic language
نزوىnzwy-

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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 Nizwa
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