Nthiwa Surname

161,904th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,688 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nthiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nthiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2,6771:17,2512,066
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England21:27,859,030389,889
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Nthiwa (696) may also be a first name.

Nthiwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nthiwa occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nthiwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Nthiwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 161,904th most prevalent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 2,711,141 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nthiwa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Nthiwa is also the 313,309th most common forename at a global level, borne by 696 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 2,677 people, or 1 in 17,251. In Kenya Nthiwa is mostly concentrated in: Machakos County, where 41 percent reside, Makueni County, where 28 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya Nthiwa is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Nthiwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Nthiwa surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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Nteewa676/
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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 Nthiwa
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