Nyawasa Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nyawasa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyawasa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Nyawasa Last Name Facts

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

Nyawasa is most common in Kenya. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nyawasa.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyawasa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,587,209th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyawasa are found; 67 percent are found in East Africa and 33 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Nyawasa is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 11,544,975. In Kenya Nyawasa is most frequent in: Homa Bay County, where 100 percent live. Outside of Kenya this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 33 percent live and South Africa, where 17 percent live.

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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 Nyawasa
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