Nyakwangwa Surname
Approximately 459 people bear this surname
Nyakwangwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 411 | 1:37,563 | 5,822 |
| Uganda | 39 | 1:1,001,007 | 43,411 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
Nyakwangwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyakwangwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyakwangwa is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nyakwangwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyakwangwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 656,126th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 15,877,006 people. The last name Nyakwangwa is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nyakwangwa are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Nyakwangwa is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 411 people, or 1 in 37,563. In Zimbabwe Nyakwangwa is primarily found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 38 percent live, Harare Province, where 26 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 15 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 8 percent live and England, where 2 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 Nyakwangwa
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