Nyamwenje Surname
Approximately 109 people bear this surname
Nyamwenje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 77 | 1:205,843 | 13,311 |
| Zimbabwe | 31 | 1:498,008 | 41,116 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nyamwenje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyamwenje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyamwenje occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyamwenje? popularity and diffusion
Nyamwenje is the 1,755,741st most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. Nyamwenje is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyamwenje live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Nyamwenje is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 205,843. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Lusaka Province, where 100 percent reside. Barring Zambia Nyamwenje occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 28 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 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 Nyamwenje
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