Nyagwa Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Nyagwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 111 | 1:476,951 | 32,497 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Kenya | 18 | 1:2,565,550 | 37,160 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
Nyagwa (40) may also be a first name.
Nyagwa Demographics
Nyagwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nyagwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyagwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyagwa is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nyagwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyagwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nyagwa is the 1,286,243rd most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyagwa reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 65 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequent first name in the world, held by 40 people.
It is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 111 people, or 1 in 476,951. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Arusha Region, where 59 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 36 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Tanzania it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 14 percent reside and Nigeria, where 12 percent reside.
Nyagwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Nyagwa
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