Nobanya Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Nobanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nobanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
England41:13,929,515290,718

Nobanya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nobanya occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nobanya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nobanya is the 3,543,123rd most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname Nobanya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Nobanya reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 87 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Nobanya is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 2,006,582. In South Africa Nobanya is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 78 percent are found, Western Cape, where 19 percent are found and Gauteng, where 4 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 13 percent are found.

Nobanya Last Name Statistics demography

Nobanya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 87.34% less than the national average, earning R 30,096 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nobhanya935/
Nabanya863/
Nonpanya80186/
Noywanya801/
Nabaunya801/
Ngabanya801/
Nobonyad801/
Noiboonya757/
Noonpanya757/
Nonphanya754/
Nabahanya751/
Nabanja714,942/
Novania71152/
Nabonya7173/
Nabania713/
Nawanya713/
Navanya712/
Nabagna712/
Nabasennya711/
Navonya711/
Nobanjo711/
Nabanyo711/
Nawonya711/
Nabanea711/
Nampanya671,728/
Namponya67461/
Nabanjja67348/
Ngobanio6746/
Nabaanja6713/
Nnabanja6710/
Nabaniah675/
Nanpanya674/
Nouwonya671/
Nanponya671/
Naabanja671/
Naboonya671/
Naswanya671/
Nabanjah671/

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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 Nobanya
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