Nyanhewe Surname

1,222,957th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 191 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Nyanhewe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyanhewe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1861:83,00112,099
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Nyanhewe Last Name Facts

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

Nyanhewe occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nyanhewe.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyanhewe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,222,957th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. Nyanhewe occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nyanhewe live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Nyanhewe is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 186 people, or 1 in 83,001. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 40 percent are found, Manicaland Province, where 19 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 14 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyanhehwe9443/
Nyanewe932/
Nyanehwe883/
Nyanhewa882/
Nyanhembe821/
Nyanhohwe821/
Nyaniwe801/
Nyangebe754/
Nyanjebe753/
Nyonewee751/
Nyanchiwa7190/
Nyamhamwe711/
Nyanjeebe711/
Nyanjwa67312/
Njanawe671/
Nyonywe671/

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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 Nyanhewe
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