Nyangwi Surname
Approximately 165 people bear this surname
Nyangwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 75 | 1:705,888 | 40,428 |
| Kenya | 64 | 1:721,561 | 30,456 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Nyangwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyangwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyangwi is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyangwi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nyangwi is the 1,348,199th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 44,166,945 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyangwi live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 47 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Nyangwi is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 705,888. In Tanzania Nyangwi is most common in: Morogoro Region, where 100 percent live. Other than Tanzania Nyangwi is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 39 percent live and The DR Congo, where 13 percent live.
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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 Nyangwi
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