Nthanje Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Nthanje Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nthanje Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe221:701,73850,656
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Nthanje Last Name Facts

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

Nthanje is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nthanje click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nthanje? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nthanje is the 3,798,600th most widely held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nthanje are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Nthanje is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 701,738. In Zimbabwe Nthanje is most frequent in: Bulawayo Province, where 68 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 32 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 15 percent are found and Zambia, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nthane92760/
Ntanje922/
Ntahane86434/
Nthenje8613/
Nthanze867/
Ntantje861/
Ntane83284/
Nthahane808/
Ntenje77957/
Ntange77448/
Ntaine77276/
Ntanye77211/
Ntanji7722/
Nthana7719/
Ntagne7719/
Ntanee7719/
Ntonje7719/
Ntaane779/
Nteane775/
Ntanne773/
Ntanja773/
Ntanze772/
Ntanie771/
Ntanes771/
Ntachinje751/
Ntamndjee751/
Ntainei7127/
Ntahana718/
Ntanzie712/
Nthanzi712/
Ntandji712/
Ntainze711/
Ntamnet711/
Ntangie711/
Ntanshe711/
Ntainie711/
Ntanget711/
Nthonze711/
Nthangi711/
Ntansie711/
Ntani671,825/
Ntone671,503/
Ntana67413/
Ntany675/
Ntanh672/
Nthangai671/

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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 Nthanje
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