Nyamaswa Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Rwanda
Highest density in:
Rwanda

Nyamaswa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyamaswa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Rwanda251:454,5991,711
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Nyamaswa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nyamaswa is most common in Rwanda. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyamaswa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,485,539th most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Nyamaswa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nyamaswa live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Rwanda, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 454,599. Besides Rwanda this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 9 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyamaswe8876/
Nyamaswi8834/
Nyamoswa887/
Nyamasva881/
Nyamhoswa8211/
Nyamasve75114/
Nyamasvi7575/
Nyamosva631/
Nyamosua631/
Nyamhosva59102/

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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 Nyamaswa
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