Nyamwanza Surname

491,125th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 674 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Nyamwanza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyamwanza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe6291:24,5443,724
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
England41:13,929,515290,718
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Nyamwanza Last Name Facts

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

Nyamwanza occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyamwanza? popularity and diffusion

Nyamwanza is the 491,125th most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 10,812,383 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyamwanza live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 629 people, or 1 in 24,544. In Zimbabwe Nyamwanza is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 53 percent live, Harare Province, where 27 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 9 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyamwaza9411/
Nyambanza89364/
Nyamwanzi8996/
Nyamwanzo8948/
Nyamwangi78228/
Nyambanzi784/
Nyamwanje784/
Nyamuanzi784/
Nyambanzo781/
Nyambanze781/
Nyamuhanzi744/
Nyamwezi71130/
Nyambangi6780/
Nyambonzo6716/
Nhamuanzo6713/
Nyambange675/
Nyambonzi671/
Nyamuange671/
Nyambongi56215/
Nyambonse564/
Nyambonge561/

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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 Nyamwanza
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