Nyarwa Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Nyarwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 120 | 1:325,327 | 21,922 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Nyarwa (59) may also be a first name.
Nyarwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyarwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyarwa has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyarwa? popularity and diffusion
Nyarwa is the 1,649,806th most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The last name Nyarwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyarwa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Nyarwa is also the 1,282,666th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 59 people.
The surname Nyarwa is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 325,327. In Uganda Nyarwa is most frequent in: Kyenjojo District, where 23 percent are found, Kyegegwa District, where 17 percent are found and Kabarole District, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyarewa | 92 | 9 | / |
| Nyarwai | 92 | 6 | / |
| Nyarwaya | 86 | 3,463 | / |
| Nyarua | 83 | 66 | / |
| Nyarwi | 83 | 9 | / |
| Nyarwe | 83 | 6 | / |
| Nyarwo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nyorwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nyarrwaya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nyarvaa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nyaruah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nyarwot | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nyaruay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngearwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nhaurwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nyarwoth | 71 | 6 | / |
| Njorwa | 67 | 236 | / |
| Nyarbe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nyarui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nharua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nyorwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyarve | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nhorwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyaruo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nyarwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis