Nyawade Surname

279,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,381 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nyawade Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyawade Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,2331:37,4534,000
Tanzania1241:426,94829,878
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
England21:27,859,030389,889
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nyawade (71) may also be a first name.

Nyawade Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyawade is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyawade? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 279,796th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 5,277,006 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyawade are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 57 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Nyawade is also the 1,152,838th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 71 people.

It is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 1,233 people, or 1 in 37,453. In Kenya Nyawade is most frequent in: Homa Bay County, where 24 percent are found, Siaya County, where 22 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Kenya Nyawade occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 9 percent are found and Denmark, where 0 percent are found.

Nyawade Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Nyawade surname is principally 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
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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 Nyawade
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