Nyuwani Surname
Approximately 221 people bear this surname
Nyuwani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 193 | 1:79,991 | 11,722 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nyuwani (33) may also be a first name.
Nyuwani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyuwani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyuwani is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyuwani? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,104,724th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 32,975,321 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyuwani are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 33 people.
The last name Nyuwani is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 193 people, or 1 in 79,991. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 44 percent are found, Harare Province, where 26 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe Nyuwani occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 8 percent are found and Malawi, where 4 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
- 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 Nyuwani
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