Nyirongo

Chichewa

Etymology

From Tumbuka.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɲiˈɽó.ᵑɡo/

Proper noun

Nyiróngo

a surname from Tumbuka

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Nyirongo was the 21st most common surname in Malawi (54 279 persons = 0.3 percent of the population) and the 101st most common surname in Zambia (17 016 persons = 0.1 percent of the population).