Nanyia Surname
Approximately 1,345 people bear this surname
Nanyia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,329 | 1:29,375 | 4,027 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
Nanyia (79) may also be a first name.
Nanyia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nanyia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nanyia is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nanyia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 285,793rd most frequent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 5,418,250 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nanyia live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,083,225th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 79 people.
This surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 1,329 people, or 1 in 29,375. In Uganda Nanyia is most prevalent in: Kaabong District, where 96 percent are found, Kotido District, where 4 percent are found and Nakapiripirit District, where 0 percent are found. Besides Uganda this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 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
- 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 Nanyia
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