Banyira Surname

502,491st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 654 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Banyira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Banyira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi6271:27,3034,104
Uganda251:1,561,57156,175
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432

Banyira Last Name Facts

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

The last name Banyira is most common in Malawi. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Banyira? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 502,491st most common last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 11,143,037 people. The last name Banyira is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Banyira are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 627 people, or 1 in 27,303. Barring Malawi this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.

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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 Banyira
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