Nyongwa Surname

1,691,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Nyongwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyongwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe851:181,62621,765
Cameroon121:1,730,75692,157
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Nyongwa (12) may also be a first name.

Nyongwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nyongwa is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyongwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,691,963rd most common last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. Nyongwa is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Nyongwa reside; 73 percent reside in Southern Africa and 73 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Nyongwa is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 12 people.

The last name Nyongwa is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 181,626. In Zimbabwe Nyongwa is most prevalent in: Masvingo Province, where 45 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 24 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 21 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 10 percent are found and Uganda, where 8 percent are found.

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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 Nyongwa
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