Nyawaya Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Nyawaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 21 | 1:2,521,029 | 48,569 |
| Kenya | 19 | 1:2,430,521 | 36,895 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nyawaya (16) may also be a first name.
Nyawaya Demographics
Nyawaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nyawaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyawaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyawaya is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyawaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nyawaya is the 2,979,664th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name Nyawaya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyawaya live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 16 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 2,521,029. In Tanzania Nyawaya is mostly concentrated in: Arusha Region, where 43 percent are found, Mara Region, where 19 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 19 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 44 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
Nyawaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily 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
- 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 Nyawaya
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