Nyawa Surname
Approximately 6,650 people bear this surname
Nyawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 6,138 | 1:7,524 | 995 |
| Cameroon | 186 | 1:111,662 | 12,987 |
| Indonesia | 113 | 1:1,170,347 | 83,147 |
| Zimbabwe | 57 | 1:270,846 | 28,330 |
| Malaysia | 34 | 1:867,477 | 39,690 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
Nyawa (3,819) may also be a first name.
Nyawa Demographics
Nyawa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nyawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyawa is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nyawa is the 73,986th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,095,872 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nyawa live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 113,726th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 3,819 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 6,138 people, or 1 in 7,524. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kwale County, where 74 percent reside, Mombasa County, where 14 percent reside and Kilifi County, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this surname occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and Indonesia, where 2 percent reside.
Nyawa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (56%) in Kenya.
Nyawa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.08% less than the national average, earning R 128,136 per year.
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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 Nyawa
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