Nyamwila Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Nyamwila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 136 | 1:116,544 | 8,960 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
Nyamwila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyamwila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyamwila is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyamwila? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,321,499th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. The surname Nyamwila is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyamwila live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 136 people, or 1 in 116,544. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Eastern Province, where 62 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 33 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyamwaila | 94 | 14 | / |
| Nyamwela | 88 | 463 | / |
| Nyambila | 88 | 80 | / |
| Nyamwilo | 88 | 6 | / |
| Nyamuila | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nyamwile | 88 | 1 | / |
| Niamwilai | 82 | 22 | / |
| Nyambela | 75 | 592 | / |
| Nyamwelo | 75 | 499 | / |
| Nyambili | 75 | 212 | / |
| Nyambile | 75 | 82 | / |
| Nyamwele | 75 | 55 | / |
| Nyamweli | 75 | 26 | / |
| Njambila | 75 | 3 | / |
| Nyambelia | 71 | 48 | / |
| Nyaambela | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nyamhbile | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyambele | 63 | 1,592 | / |
| Nyambeli | 63 | 317 | / |
| Nyambelo | 63 | 145 | / |
| Njambilo | 63 | 13 | / |
| Nyombela | 63 | 9 | / |
| Nyombile | 63 | 1 | / |
| Njombila | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nyambeleh | 59 | 3 | / |
| Niambele | 50 | 16,436 | / |
| Niombela | 50 | 279 | / |
| Njombela | 50 | 157 | / |
| Nyombeli | 50 | 123 | / |
| Niambelé | 50 | 4 | / |
| Nyombele | 50 | 1 | / |
| Niambeli | 50 | 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 Nyamwila
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