Nyondwa Surname

1,267,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 181 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nyondwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyondwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania991:534,76434,532
Uganda571:684,90034,656
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Nyondwa (65) may also be a first name.

Nyondwa Last Name Facts

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

Nyondwa occurs most in Tanzania. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyondwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,267,784th most prevalent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 40,262,685 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nyondwa reside; 86 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,212,820th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 65 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 99 people, or 1 in 534,764. In Tanzania Nyondwa is primarily found in: Rukwa Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 31 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyandwa8611/
Nyondwe867/
Nyundwa862/
Nyondwi862/
Nhondwa861/
Nyondweh8063/
Ngiondwa801/
Nyonduah801/
Nyadwa7756/
Nyoundweh7511/
Nyatendwa751/
Nyandwoha751/
Nyandwi7170,539/
Nyandwe715,165/
Nyantwa7141/
Nyundwe7119/
Nhandwa712/
Nyondue711/
Nnyandwi677/
Nyandwui673/
Nyuntwai672/
Nyandwee671/
Nyanduah671/
Nyondueh671/
Nyomdweh671/
Nyamndwe671/

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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 Nyondwa
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