Nyawara Surname

348,836th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,047 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nyawara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyawara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,0141:45,5424,711
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nyawara (73) may also be a first name.

Nyawara Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyawara is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyawara? popularity and diffusion

It is the 348,836th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 6,960,407 people. The surname Nyawara occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyawara reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 71 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most commonly occurring forename globally, borne by 73 people.

The surname Nyawara is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,014 people, or 1 in 45,542. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Homa Bay County, where 20 percent are found, Kisumu County, where 19 percent are found and Siaya County, where 15 percent are found. Other than Kenya this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.

Nyawara Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the 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 Nyawara
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