Nyangwono Surname

503,100th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 653 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nyangwono Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyangwono Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6481:71,2656,732
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614

Nyangwono (135) may also be a first name.

Nyangwono Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyangwono is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyangwono? popularity and diffusion

Nyangwono is the 503,100th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 11,160,101 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyangwono reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 56 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 797,647th most common first name on earth It is held by 135 people.

The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 648 people, or 1 in 71,265. In Kenya it is most common in: Kisii County, where 44 percent are found, Nyamira County, where 30 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 19 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Nyangwono Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Nyangwono last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Nyangwono
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