Nswima Surname

150,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,927 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Nswima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nswima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1,8471:40,0004,929
Tanzania1,0751:49,2485,495
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Nswima (266) may also be a first name.

Nswima Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nswima is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nswima click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nswima? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 150,644th most common last name in the world, held by around 1 in 2,489,766 people. The surname Nswima occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nswima live; 63 percent live in Central Africa and 63 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Nswima is also the 545,281st most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 266 people.

This surname is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,847 people, or 1 in 40,000. Not including The DR Congo Nswima is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 37 percent live and Zambia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
N'Swima921/
Nswimah921/
Nsuima834/
Nswema831/
Nsweme6721/
Nzwema674/
Nsuema671/
Nswemi671/
Njwema671/
N'Sweme621/
Nzuimga621/
Nchwimeh572/
Nzuema5062/
Njuimo5026/
Ncweme5013/
Nzwemi5011/
Nzuimi501/
Nsueme501/

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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 Nswima
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