Nsemwa Surname

91,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nsemwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nsemwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5,0481:10,4881,353
Zambia1921:82,5526,971
England141:3,979,861125,553
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614

Nsemwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nsemwa is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nsemwa? popularity and diffusion

Nsemwa is the 91,040th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,385,728 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nsemwa live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 5,048 people, or 1 in 10,488. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Mbeya Region, where 38 percent are found, Njombe Region, where 28 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 11 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 4 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Nsimwa8322/
Nsemwe834/
Nsamwa834/
Nsenwa833/
Nzemwa831/
Nsomwa831/
Nchemwa77293/
Nseemba771/
Nshemba771/
Nsimwoha7112/
Nsimba67141,482/
Nzemba676,671/
Ngemba676,218/
Nzenwa671,439/
Nsembe67386/
Nsembo67352/
Njenwa67129/
Nsomua6782/
Nsembi6753/
Nsamua6721/
Ngenwa6721/
Nzamwa6717/
Nzemwi6716/
Nsimwe676/
Nzimwa673/
Ncemba672/
Ngimwa672/
Nsinwa672/
Nsymba672/
Njemwe672/
Ngemua671/
Ngemwe671/
Nsenba671/
Nshmba671/
Nshimwaya671/
Njemva671/

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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 Nsemwa
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