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 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
| 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
- 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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