Nyamanza Surname

515,938th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 632 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Nyamanza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyamanza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3031:174,72515,264
Zimbabwe2161:71,47310,617
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Zambia481:330,20717,862
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nyamanza (62) may also be a first name.

Nyamanza Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nyamanza Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Nyamanza has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nyamanza.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyamanza? popularity and diffusion

Nyamanza is the 515,938th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 11,530,927 people. The surname Nyamanza occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyamanza are found; 48 percent are found in East Africa and 48 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 62 people.

Nyamanza is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 303 people, or 1 in 174,725. In Tanzania Nyamanza is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 99 percent reside, Geita Region, where 0 percent reside and Katavi Region, where 0 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 34 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 9 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
  • 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 Nyamanza
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