Nyirongo Surname

6,685th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84,496 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Nyirongo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyirongo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi52,6471:32521
Zambia30,7841:51566
Zimbabwe7121:21,6833,258
South Africa2071:261,72826,279
England521:1,071,50151,923
Botswana331:66,27111,607
United States301:12,081,964463,456
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Nyirongo (127) may also be a first name.

Nyirongo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyirongo is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyirongo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nyirongo is the 6,685th most widely held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 86,247 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyirongo reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Nyirongo is also the 825,494th most commonly held forename in the world. It is borne by 127 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 52,647 people, or 1 in 325. Other than Malawi this surname occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 36 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.

Nyirongo Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Nyirongo earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 56.93% less than the national average, earning R 102,348 per year and in United States they earn 9.98% less than the national average, earning $38,844 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyirongoh944/
Nyirogo936/
Nyironga8849/
Njirongo8811/
Nyerongo887/
Nyiroggo881/
Nhirono801/
Nyirasengo782/
Nyirangha711/
Nyirasenga67104/
Nyiraga672/
Nyiracenga671/
Nyirana671/
Nyiranenga671/
Nyerunga633/
Nyirzana631/
Nyirahana591/
Njiratenga56184/
Njiranenga561/
Nyeraga531/
Njiraga531/

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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 Nyirongo
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