Nanyaro Surname

59,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,518 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nanyaro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nanyaro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania8,4801:6,243807
Botswana281:78,10513,263
China21:683,660,78330,601
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nanyaro Last Name Facts

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

Nanyaro is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanyaro? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 59,261st most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 855,547 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nanyaro are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

Nanyaro is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 8,480 people, or 1 in 6,243. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Arusha Region, where 75 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 7 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 0 percent reside and China, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nanyoro8647/
Nanyara869/
Nanjaro861/
Nganyara802/
Gnanyoro801/
Nnanyara801/
Nanjara71900/
Nanhara7158/
Nagnara711/
Nanhoro711/
Ngonyoro674/
Gnagnoro671/
Nangnara671/
Naignoro671/
Nanjaara671/
Naniharas633/
Nanhourou631/
Nagnooroo631/
Nangnehoro591/
Nanjora571/
Nanhora571/
Ngoniara531/
Nonjaraz531/
Nagnotra531/
Nagnoutra502/

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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 Nanyaro
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