Nyaungwa Surname

528,890th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 612 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Nyaungwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyaungwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe5521:27,9684,303
Zambia441:360,22618,771
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Namibia41:602,35012,421
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nyaungwa Last Name Facts

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

Nyaungwa is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyaungwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 528,890th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 11,907,755 people. The last name Nyaungwa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyaungwa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 552 people, or 1 in 27,968. In Zimbabwe Nyaungwa is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 51 percent live, Harare Province, where 30 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 8 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 7 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyahungwa9484/
Nyaungwe8819/
Nyaungba884/
Nyaungwi881/
Nyahungwe82290/
Nyoungba751/
Njouongwa711/
Nyoungue6375/
Nyoungbe6325/
Njouogwa631/
Nyounguo631/
Nyounguou591/
Nyounguoh591/
Nyouguo533/
Njaokua533/
Nyauquoi501/
Nyouguoh501/
Nioungui501/

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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 Nyaungwa
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