Nyawodza Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Nyawodza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyawodza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe411:376,54234,729
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Nyawodza Last Name Facts

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

Nyawodza is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyawodza? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,017,195th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Nyawodza is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nyawodza are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 376,542. In Zimbabwe Nyawodza is primarily found in: Harare Province, where 61 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 22 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 15 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Iceland, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Nyabodza8812/
Nyawadza881/
Nyawoze802/
Nyawudzaya781/
Nyabadza753,312/
Nyawudzo754/
Nyawudzi752/
Nyabudza751/
Nyawotsa751/
Nyahwezha711/
Njawuza6772/
Nyawuzo675/
Nyawuze672/
Niaweza671/
Nyabudzi6326/
Nyawutsa631/
Nyavadze631/
Njowodzi631/
Nyawotsi631/
Nyavudzi631/
Nyabocha631/
Nyabadzo631/
Nyavhudzi598/
Nyowazi531/
Nyavezo531/
Niavadze50248/
Nyabocho50116/
Nyavotso5036/
Nyabotso507/
Njawuzzi503/
Njawuuzi502/
Gnawotso501/

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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 Nyawodza
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