Nyumbwe Surname

862,604th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 315 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nyumbwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nyumbwe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2991:177,06215,458
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Nyumbwe (11) may also be a first name.

Nyumbwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyumbwe is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyumbwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 862,604th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 23,135,066 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyumbwe reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 11 people.

The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 299 people, or 1 in 177,062. In Tanzania Nyumbwe is mostly found in: Tanga Region, where 60 percent live, Lindi Region, where 39 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 0 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live and Zambia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Neyumbwe932/
Nayiumbwe884/
Naiyumbwe882/
Nyombwe8615/
Nayombwe805/
Najjumbwe751/
Njumbwa711/
Najombwe6739/
Najjombwe63247/
Nnajjombwe591/
Njombwa57367/
Njumbui571/
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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 Nyumbwe
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