Zinwa Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Zinwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zinwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Zinwa Last Name Facts

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

Zinwa is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zinwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Zinwa is the 6,723,624th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Zinwa live; 25 percent live in Central Africa and 13 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Zinwa is primarily concentrated in: Adamawa Region, where 50 percent reside and East Region, where 50 percent reside. Besides Cameroon it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside and Iraq, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zinwah911/
Zinway911/
Znwa891/
Zeinway8362/
Zainway838/
Zienway831/
Sinwa80240/
Ginwa8047/
Zinba8042/
Zimwa8015/
Jinwa806/
Zenwa803/
Zinwe802/
Zinwo801/
Zinua801/
Znwaz801/
Chinwa73241/
Dzinwi7314/
Ginwas7314/
Sinwai7312/
Zenway7311/
Zienba738/
Ginway736/
Dzinba735/
Jinhwa734/
Sinwah733/
Zimwai732/
Cinway732/
Djinwa732/
Sienwa732/
Jinwat731/
Dzimwa731/
Xzynwa731/
Dsinwa731/
Tsinwa731/
Zzimwa731/
Sinway731/
Zimway731/
Znba67336/
Chinway6730/
Tchinwa6723/
Tshinwa6721/
Chinwua677/
Snwa676/
Chinwai675/
Sinweah671/
Zhenwai671/
Zehnwaz671/
Dzienba671/
Zenhwai671/
Znua671/
Znva671/
Znwi671/
Znwj671/
Xnwa671/
Jnwa671/
Jinwadh671/
Zimwash671/

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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 Zinwa
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