Nyangwe Surname

274,674th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,414 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Malawi

Nyangwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyangwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4671:113,36510,904
DR Congo3281:225,24321,937
Malawi2351:72,8479,384
Cameroon1701:122,17113,957
Kenya691:669,27429,584
South Africa681:796,73154,178
Zimbabwe411:376,54234,729
Zambia191:834,20628,447
Uganda151:2,602,61975,106
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Nyangwe (306) may also be a first name.

Nyangwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nyangwe is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyangwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nyangwe is the 274,674th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 5,153,851 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyangwe are found; 39 percent are found in East Africa and 35 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 503,193rd most widely held given name worldwide, borne by 306 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 467 people, or 1 in 113,365. In Tanzania Nyangwe is most frequent in: Mwanza Region, where 27 percent live, Mara Region, where 26 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 18 percent live. Not including Tanzania this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 23 percent live and Malawi, where 17 percent live.

Nyangwe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Nyangwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 64.87% less than the national average, earning R 83,484 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 Nyangwe
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