Nyabwana Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nyabwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyabwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda561:697,13035,026
Kenya151:3,078,66038,128
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nyabwana (72) may also be a first name.

Nyabwana Last Name Facts

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

Nyabwana is most common in Uganda. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyabwana? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nyabwana is the 2,220,661st most prevalent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyabwana reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,143,416th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 72 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 697,130. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Kibaale District, where 52 percent reside, Kampala District, where 13 percent reside and Hoima District, where 9 percent reside. Barring Uganda this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 21 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.

Nyabwana Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Nyabwana surname is primarily Christian (67%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyambwana9469/
Nyabwaana943/
Nyabwangah891/
Nyapwana88116/
Nyabwani8828/
Nyabwanyi82226/
Nyabwango82186/
Nyambwane821/
Nyambwanyi784/
Nyambwango781/
Nyapuana75451/
Nyabuanyi7168/
Nyambuanyi671/
Nyapuani6327/
Nyabuony632/
Ngempwana591/
Nyabuhongo561/

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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 Nyabwana
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