Nyahwa Surname
Approximately 848 people bear this surname
Nyahwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 833 | 1:18,533 | 2,736 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Nyahwa (21) may also be a first name.
Nyahwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyahwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyahwa occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyahwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 411,457th most frequent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 8,593,804 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nyahwa reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 21 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 833 people, or 1 in 18,533. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 34 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 19 percent live and Harare Province, where 18 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
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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 Nyahwa
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