Nyangwa Surname

232,966th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,732 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Malawi

Nyangwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyangwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5861:92,45311,306
Tanzania5091:104,01110,153
Malawi2611:65,5908,693
Zimbabwe1881:82,11811,985
Cameroon811:256,40824,973
DR Congo681:1,086,46468,260
Uganda261:1,501,51154,973
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
England31:18,572,686338,250
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Nyangwa (670) may also be a first name.

Nyangwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nyangwa is found most in South Africa. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyangwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 232,966th most frequently used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,207,590 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyangwa reside; 60 percent reside in Southern Africa and 60 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 320,531st most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 670 people.

This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 586 people, or 1 in 92,453. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 39 percent are found, Free State, where 30 percent are found and Gauteng, where 15 percent are found. Beside South Africa this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 29 percent are found and Malawi, where 15 percent are found.

Nyangwa Last Name Statistics demography

Nyangwa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.23% less than the national average, earning R 139,668 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
  • 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 Nyangwa
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