Nambuye Surname
Approximately 1,114 people bear this surname
Nambuye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 947 | 1:48,764 | 4,986 |
| Uganda | 167 | 1:233,768 | 17,802 |
Nambuye (450) may also be a first name.
Nambuye Demographics
Nambuye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nambuye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nambuye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nambuye occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nambuye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 332,050th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 6,541,783 people. The last name Nambuye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nambuye reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 403,380th most numerous first name globally It is held by 450 people.
The last name Nambuye is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 947 people, or 1 in 48,764. In Kenya Nambuye is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 56 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 26 percent reside and Trans Nzoia County, where 17 percent reside. Beside Kenya Nambuye occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 15 percent reside.
Nambuye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Nambuye surname is predominantly Christian (98%) in Kenya.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Nambuye
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