Nyamwanda Surname
Approximately 403 people bear this surname
Nyamwanda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 278 | 1:166,115 | 12,822 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Nyamwanda Demographics
Nyamwanda Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyamwandha | 95 | 5 | / |
| Nyamwandoa | 95 | 1 | / |
| Nyambanda | 89 | 13 | / |
| Nyamuhanda | 84 | 45 | / |
| Nyambandi | 78 | 50 | / |
| Nyambando | 78 | 36 | / |
| Nyambande | 78 | 6 | / |
| Nyambonda | 78 | 2 | / |
| Nyamwondo | 78 | 1 | / |
| Nyambondo | 67 | 374 | / |
| Nyambondi | 67 | 27 | / |
| Nyambondoi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nyamuhondo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nyamuhangyi | 60 | 1 | / |
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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 Nyamwanda
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