Nyamwemba Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nyamwemba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyamwemba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nyamwemba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nyamwemba is most common in Kenya. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyamwemba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Nyamwemba occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyamwemba live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

It is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 11,544,975. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kisii County, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside and Uganda, where 17 percent reside.

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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 Nyamwemba
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