Nyawanda Surname

509,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 642 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nyawanda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyawanda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6311:73,1856,878
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Nyawanda (54) may also be a first name.

Nyawanda Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nyawanda is most common in Kenya. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyawanda? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 509,669th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 11,351,318 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyawanda reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 84 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Nyawanda is also the 1,350,955th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 54 people.

The last name Nyawanda is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 631 people, or 1 in 73,185. In Kenya it is most common in: Migori County, where 28 percent live, Kisumu County, where 28 percent live and Siaya County, where 26 percent live. Apart from Kenya Nyawanda occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.

Nyawanda Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Nyawanda last name 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 Nyawanda
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