Nyitwe Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Nyitwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
Nyitwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyitwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyitwe is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nyitwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyitwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most numerous surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyitwe reside; 56 percent reside in East Africa and 56 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania Nyitwe is mostly found in: Simiyu Region, where 80 percent reside and Geita Region, where 20 percent reside. Other than Tanzania it occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 44 percent reside.
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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 Nyitwe
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