Nyakwende Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Nyakwende Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 105 | 1:147,031 | 18,799 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nyakwende Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyakwende Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyakwende occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyakwende? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,612,213th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Nyakwende reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 147,031. In Zimbabwe Nyakwende is primarily found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 39 percent are found, Harare Province, where 36 percent are found and Matabeleland North Province, where 16 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 11 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyankwende | 95 | 3 | / |
| Nyakwenda | 89 | 109 | / |
| Nyacwende | 89 | 2 | / |
| Nyancwende | 84 | 2 | / |
| Nyakuenda | 78 | 182 | / |
| Nyagwenda | 78 | 9 | / |
| Nyankwindi | 74 | 1 | / |
| Nyagwindi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Nyokwindi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Nyakuinda | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nyakwende
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