Nyamarwa Surname
Approximately 270 people bear this surname
Nyamarwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 265 | 1:147,318 | 13,127 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
Nyamarwa (623) may also be a first name.
Nyamarwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyamarwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyamarwa is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyamarwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 963,821st most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 26,990,911 people. The surname Nyamarwa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyamarwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nyamarwa is also the 333,939th most numerous first name on earth, held by 623 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 265 people, or 1 in 147,318. In Uganda Nyamarwa is most numerous in: Kibaale District, where 18 percent live, Kasese District, where 14 percent live and Kanungu District, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, 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 Nyamarwa
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