Nyawana Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Nyawana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyawana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa721:752,46852,376
Zimbabwe251:617,53046,943
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
England11:55,718,059489,080

Nyawana (10) may also be a first name.

Nyawana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyawana is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyawana? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nyawana is the 1,765,740th most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyawana reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common given name on earth, borne by 10 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 752,468. In South Africa Nyawana is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 42 percent are found, Gauteng, where 36 percent are found and North West, where 13 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 23 percent are found and Kenya, where 6 percent are found.

Nyawana Last Name Statistics demography

Nyawana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 73.17% less than the national average, earning R 63,756 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 Nyawana
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