Nyamuvugwa Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nyamuvugwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nyamuvugwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1241:426,94829,878
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Nyamuvugwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyamuvugwa occurs most in Tanzania. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyamuvugwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,612,213th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. The surname Nyamuvugwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyamuvugwa reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

Nyamuvugwa is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 124 people, or 1 in 426,948. In Tanzania Nyamuvugwa is mostly found in: Kigoma Region, where 97 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania Nyamuvugwa is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyamvugwa952/
Namuvuga896/
Nyamvuka781/
Nyamuvaka7413/
Nyemvuka67108/
Namufuka6741/
Namefuga673/
Namfukwa672/
Nyamvogo672/
Namuvogo671/

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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 Nyamuvugwa
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