Nyuzi Surname

1,453,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 147 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Nyuzi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyuzi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Tanzania151:3,529,44150,903
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nyuzi Last Name Facts

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

Nyuzi is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyuzi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,453,389th most frequently used last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. The surname Nyuzi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyuzi live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Besides Malawi Nyuzi exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 10 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyudzi919/
Nyuydzi831/
Njuzi80644/
Nyugi8055/
Nyusi8014/
Niuzi8010/
Nyuza806/
Nhuzi803/
Nyuze801/
Njauzi7379/
Nyushi7355/
Nyousi732/
Njuzie732/
Nyhuza731/
Niuzhi731/
Nyusei731/
Gnuzzi731/
Njudzi731/
Nyuzez731/
Nyusip731/
Nyhuise6714/
Nyoussi672/
Nyutshi671/
Nyuzo'a671/
Njuhzih671/
Nyuchiy671/
Nyauuze671/

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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 Nyuzi
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