Nyamaswi Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Nyamaswi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 32 | 1:482,445 | 40,356 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Nyamaswi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyamaswi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyamaswi is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyamaswi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,373,373rd most numerous last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname Nyamaswi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyamaswi reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 482,445. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Manicaland Province, where 72 percent are found, Harare Province, where 25 percent are found and Midlands Province, where 3 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent are found and Tanzania, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyamawi | 93 | 10,342 | / |
| Nyamaswe | 88 | 76 | / |
| Nyamasvi | 88 | 75 | / |
| Nyamaswa | 88 | 32 | / |
| Nyamawai | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nyamaiswe | 82 | 150 | / |
| Nyamahwai | 82 | 8 | / |
| Nyamaiswa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nyamawe | 80 | 40 | / |
| Nyamawa | 80 | 17 | / |
| Nyamavi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nyamaishwa | 78 | 3 | / |
| Nyamaboi | 75 | 534 | / |
| Nyamahwe | 75 | 295 | / |
| Nyamasve | 75 | 114 | / |
| Nyamahwa | 75 | 9 | / |
| Nyamoswa | 75 | 7 | / |
| Nyahmawa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Nyamhawa | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nyamowei | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nyamasva | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nyamhoswa | 71 | 11 | / |
| Nyamhesvi | 71 | 9 | / |
| Nyamahawa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Nyamabe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nyamave | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nhamawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyamahwaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyamobi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyamaboy | 63 | 123 | / |
| Nyamouwe | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nyamobei | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nyamosva | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nyamhosva | 59 | 102 | / |
| Nojhamabi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Nyamovets | 59 | 1 | / |
| Nyamovich | 59 | 1 | / |
| Nijamabhai | 56 | 6 | / |
| Nyamobe | 53 | 4 | / |
| Nhamave | 53 | 1 | / |
| Naijamabhai | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nyamoobe | 50 | 4 | / |
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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 Nyamaswi
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