Nanyana Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nanyana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nanyana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda751:520,52429,324
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nanyana (21) may also be a first name.

Nanyana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nanyana occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanyana? popularity and diffusion

Nanyana is the 1,943,350th most common surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nanyana live; 82 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nanyana is also the 2,368,944th most numerous first name globally, borne by 21 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 520,524. In Uganda Nanyana is mostly concentrated in: Sironko District, where 20 percent live, Rakai District, where 16 percent live and Mubende District, where 12 percent live. Aside from Uganda Nanyana occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 16 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Nanyana Last Name Statistics demography

Nanyana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.87% less than the national average, earning R 45,468 per year.

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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 Nanyana
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