Nyanja Surname
Approximately 2,197 people bear this surname
Nyanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 889 | 1:19,257 | 3,006 |
| Uganda | 539 | 1:72,429 | 7,969 |
| Tanzania | 407 | 1:130,078 | 12,183 |
| Zambia | 177 | 1:89,548 | 7,406 |
| Kenya | 144 | 1:320,694 | 19,794 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nyanja (107) may also be a first name.
Nyanja Demographics
Nyanja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nyanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyanja occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyanja? popularity and diffusion
Nyanja is the 191,772nd most frequently held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,317,044 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyanja live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 49 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 910,230th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 107 people.
The last name Nyanja is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 889 people, or 1 in 19,257. Besides Malawi this last name occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 25 percent live and Tanzania, where 19 percent live.
Nyanja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Nyanja last name is chiefly 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 Nyanja
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