Nyasha

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Grace of God

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Nyasha is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Zimbabwe than in any other country, where it is the 78th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • ZWZimbabwe≈1 in 228(inferred from the name graph)
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 21K
  • USUnited States1 in 472K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Zimbabwe (inferred from the name graph)

≈64,000 people, est.

Sources
193 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 228 (inferred from the name graph)

Zimbabwe, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Grace of God.

Sources 1

  • The African book of names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Nyasha counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Nyasha is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ZW Zimbabwe#78≈64,000 est.≈1 in 228—Nyasha53
CN China—≈6,200 est.≈1 in 224K—Nyasha9
ZA South Africa—≈2,700 est.≈1 in 21K—Nyasha49
US United States—7051 in 472K645Nyasha193
BW Botswana#155≈350 est.≈1 in 6.7K—Nyasha5
AE United Arab Emirates—≈56 est.≈1 in 177K—Nyasha18
GY Guyana—331 in 23K33Nyasha2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Nyasha is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, United States, Zimbabwe

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Няша, Niasha

47 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • Marshall Munetsib. 1996ZWnot in their usual nameZimbabwean association football player (born 1996)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 17 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Nyasha
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020645#16,110
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202060#16,110
GY GuyanaGuyana — Official List of Electors July 2025202533#561
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199532—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199232—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199630—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199328—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198927—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200023—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199423—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199822—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199122—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Nyasha mean, and where does it come from?
Grace of God. Recorded by The African book of names.
Is Nyasha a male or female name?
Nyasha is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Nyasha have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 64 thousand people named Nyasha in Zimbabwe, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nyasha.
How common is the name Nyasha?
In the United States, the national register counted 705 people named Nyasha in 2020, about 1 in 472 thousand residents.
How common is Nyasha compared with other names?
In Zimbabwe, Nyasha is the 78th most common given name of 4,125 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nyasha” — the 78th most common given name in Zimbabwe. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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