Nsemwa Surname
Approximately 5,259 people bear this surname
Nsemwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5,048 | 1:10,488 | 1,353 |
| Zambia | 192 | 1:82,552 | 6,971 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
Nsemwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nsemwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nsemwa is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nsemwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 91,040th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,385,728 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nsemwa are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Nsemwa is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 5,048 people, or 1 in 10,488. In Tanzania Nsemwa is most prevalent in: Mbeya Region, where 38 percent reside, Njombe Region, where 28 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 11 percent reside. Other than Tanzania Nsemwa occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 4 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nsemba | 83 | 668 | / |
| Nsimwa | 83 | 22 | / |
| Nsemwe | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nsamwa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nsenwa | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nzemwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nsomwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nchemwa | 77 | 293 | / |
| Nseemba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nshemba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nsimwoha | 71 | 12 | / |
| Nsimba | 67 | 141,482 | / |
| Nzemba | 67 | 6,671 | / |
| Ngemba | 67 | 6,218 | / |
| Nzenwa | 67 | 1,439 | / |
| Nsembe | 67 | 386 | / |
| Nsembo | 67 | 352 | / |
| Njenwa | 67 | 129 | / |
| Nsomua | 67 | 82 | / |
| Nsembi | 67 | 53 | / |
| Nsamua | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ngenwa | 67 | 21 | / |
| Nzamwa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Nzemwi | 67 | 16 | / |
| Nsimwe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nzimwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ncemba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngimwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nsinwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nsymba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Njemwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngemua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngemwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nsenba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nshmba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nshimwaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njemva | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nsemwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis