Nzwala Surname

596,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 522 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Namibia

Nzwala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nzwala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3571:148,29613,502
Namibia1641:14,6912,690
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nzwala (125) may also be a first name.

Nzwala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nzwala is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nzwala? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nzwala is the 596,518th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 13,960,816 people. Nzwala occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nzwala live; 68 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nzwala is also the 832,731st most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 125 people.

Nzwala is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 357 people, or 1 in 148,296. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 49 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 42 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 3 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 31 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nzwalla9211/
Nzwalah921/
Nzwallah865/
Nswala83422/
Nzwela83322/
Nzwalo83263/
Nzuala8372/
Nzwali832/
Ncwala831/
Nzwale831/
Nchwala775/
Nzwallo774/
Ndzwalo772/
Ntswala772/
Njwalla771/
Ndzhwalo712/
Ntswahla711/
Ntshwala711/
Nsuala67140/
Nzuela6768/
Njuala6737/
Nswela6727/
Nzualo6726/
Nswali6711/
Nxwali672/
Nxwalo671/
Nzuale671/
Nswale671/

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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 Nzwala
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