Nyamwanda Surname

722,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nyamwanda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyamwanda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2781:166,11512,822
DR Congo1031:717,27751,618
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Nyamwanda Last Name Facts

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

Nyamwanda occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Nyamwanda click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyamwanda? popularity and diffusion

Nyamwanda is the 722,496th most common surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyamwanda live; 71 percent live in East Africa and 47 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 278 people, or 1 in 166,115. In Kenya Nyamwanda is most common in: Nyamira County, where 31 percent are found, Siaya County, where 28 percent are found and Kisumu County, where 24 percent are found. Not including Kenya this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 26 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found.

Nyamwanda Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyamwandha955/
Nyamwandoa951/
Nyambanda8913/
Nyamuhanda8445/
Nyambandi7850/
Nyambando7836/
Nyambande786/
Nyambonda782/
Nyamwondo781/
Nyambondo67374/
Nyambondi6727/
Nyambondoi631/
Nyamuhondo631/
Nyamuhangyi601/

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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 Nyamwanda
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