Nsanama Surname

1,076,574th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 230 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Nsanama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Nsanama 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
Malawi2091:81,91010,289
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665

Nsanama Last Name Facts

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

Nsanama is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nsanama? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nsanama is the 1,076,574th most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 31,684,982 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nsanama live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is borne by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Not including Malawi this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 9 percent are found.

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
Nsangama931/
Ncanama861/
Nsonama861/
Nzangama80638/
Njanamma802/
Nchanama802/
Nzanamai801/
Nsangoma801/
Nsongoma67266/
Nzangoma6748/
Nsongamo671/
Nzangouma631/
Nzoungama631/
Ngiangamo631/
Nzenamo571/
Nzongoma53145/
Nzounhema501/
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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 Nsanama
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