Nanyuma Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nanyuma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nanyuma Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1011:386,52824,497
Kenya701:659,71329,380
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Nanyuma Demographics

Nanyuma Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 5 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Nanyuma Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nanyuma is found most in Uganda. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanyuma? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,310,135th most frequent last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. Nanyuma occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nanyuma live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 62 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 386,528. In Uganda Nanyuma is most prevalent in: Mbale District, where 55 percent are found, Bududa District, where 27 percent are found and Kiryandongo District, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Uganda this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 41 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.

Nanyuma Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nahnyuma938/
Nanjuma8699/
Nanyume863/
Nanyumo861/
Nagnouma80102/
Nanjjuma801/
Nangnouma753/
Nanjoma712/
Nagnoume6712/
Nanjjoma671/
Nanjoumo671/
Naynhume671/
Nougnouma637/
Nougnoume501/
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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 Nanyuma
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