Nyamwanza Surname
Approximately 674 people bear this surname
Nyamwanza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 629 | 1:24,544 | 3,724 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Nyamwanza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyamwanza Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyamwanza occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyamwanza? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 491,125th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 10,812,383 people. The surname Nyamwanza is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyamwanza are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Nyamwanza is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 629 people, or 1 in 24,544. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Manicaland Province, where 53 percent reside, Harare Province, where 27 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 9 percent reside. Besides Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyamwaza | 94 | 11 | / |
| Nyambanza | 89 | 364 | / |
| Nyamwanzi | 89 | 96 | / |
| Nyamwanzo | 89 | 48 | / |
| Nyamwangi | 78 | 228 | / |
| Nyambanzi | 78 | 4 | / |
| Nyamwanje | 78 | 4 | / |
| Nyamuanzi | 78 | 4 | / |
| Nyambanzo | 78 | 1 | / |
| Nyambanze | 78 | 1 | / |
| Nyamuhanzi | 74 | 4 | / |
| Nyamwezi | 71 | 130 | / |
| Nyambangi | 67 | 80 | / |
| Nyambonzo | 67 | 16 | / |
| Nhamuanzo | 67 | 13 | / |
| Nyambange | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nyambonzi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyamuange | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyambongi | 56 | 215 | / |
| Nyambonse | 56 | 4 | / |
| Nyambonge | 56 | 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
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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 Nyamwanza
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