Nyabwa Surname

606,498th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 511 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nyabwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyabwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2671:276,70325,802
Kenya2271:203,43614,736
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
England31:18,572,686338,250
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Nyabwa (37) may also be a first name.

Nyabwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyabwa is most common in The DR Congo. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nyabwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyabwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nyabwa is the 606,498th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 14,261,342 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nyabwa reside; 52 percent reside in Central Africa and 52 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 37 people.

The surname is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 267 people, or 1 in 276,703. Beside The DR Congo Nyabwa is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 44 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Nyabwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Nyabwa earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.09% less than the national average, earning $36,208 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Nyabwoha864/
Nyahabwa861/
Nyabua8365/
Nyebwa8348/
Nyobwa8327/
Nyapwa8317/
Nyabwe833/
Njabwa831/
Nyambwoha8064/
Nyembwa77550/
Nyambwe77214/
Nyimbwa77126/
Nyambua7734/
Njabwai778/
Nyamvwa774/
Nyambwi771/
Nyabuay771/
Nihabwa771/
Nyabuha771/
Nyambwooha753/
Nyahabwe712/
Nyabuath711/
Njobwa6783/
Nhabwe6715/
Nhobwa6713/
Njabba678/
Njabwe675/
Nyebwe673/
Nyavua672/
Nyapwe672/
Njabua672/
Nyabue672/
Najjimbwa671/
Nyobwe671/
Nyapwi671/
Nyabui671/

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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 Nyabwa
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