Nyachwo Surname

43,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,013 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nyachwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyachwo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda12,0091:3,251575
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323

Nyachwo Last Name Facts

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

Nyachwo is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyachwo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nyachwo is the 43,325th most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 606,638 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyachwo live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 73 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 12,009 people, or 1 in 3,251. In Uganda Nyachwo is most frequent in: Tororo District, where 72 percent are found, Bugiri District, where 6 percent are found and Mayuge District, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Uganda this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyatchwo936/
Nyachwoo932/
Nnyachwo931/
Nyhachwo931/
Nyachwwo931/
Nyachuo8613/
Nyachwa864/
Nyochwo862/
Nhachwo861/
Nyachwaa801/
Njeachuo671/
Nyajwa622/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Nyachwo
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis