Lyambe Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Lyambe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Lyambe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lyambe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lyambe is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lyambe? popularity and diffusion
Lyambe is the 5,391,485th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lyambe live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Lyambe is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 88 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 13 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 31 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Lyambe
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