Nyangoni Surname

498,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 661 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Nyangoni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyangoni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe5601:27,5684,248
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Wales141:221,03813,576
England91:6,190,895170,599
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Nyangoni Last Name Facts

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

Nyangoni is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyangoni? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 498,439th most frequent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 11,025,032 people. The last name Nyangoni is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Nyangoni are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 560 people, or 1 in 27,568. In Zimbabwe Nyangoni is primarily found in: Harare Province, where 41 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 40 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 7 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.

Nyangoni Last Name Statistics demography

Nyangoni earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 180.95% more than the national average, earning R 667,644 per year.

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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 Nyangoni
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