Nkhwangwa Surname
Approximately 1,078 people bear this surname
Nkhwangwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,072 | 1:15,969 | 2,510 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
Nkhwangwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkhwangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkhwangwa is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkhwangwa? popularity and diffusion
Nkhwangwa is the 340,834th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,760,247 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkhwangwa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Nkhwangwa is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,072 people, or 1 in 15,969. Besides Malawi this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, 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
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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 Nkhwangwa
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