Nyakatawa Surname
Approximately 502 people bear this surname
Nyakatawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 480 | 1:32,163 | 4,967 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
Nyakatawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyakatawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyakatawa occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nyakatawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyakatawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 614,324th most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 14,517,024 people. The surname Nyakatawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nyakatawa are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 480 people, or 1 in 32,163. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 47 percent reside, Harare Province, where 26 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Nyakatawa
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