Niyongira Surname
Approximately 4,733 people bear this surname
Niyongira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 4,651 | 1:2,444 | 586 |
| Uganda | 58 | 1:673,091 | 34,310 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Niyongira (12) may also be a first name.
Niyongira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niyongira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Niyongira is found in Rwanda more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Niyongira.
How Common Is The Last Name Niyongira? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 99,900th most common family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,539,731 people. The last name Niyongira is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Niyongira are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Niyongira is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 12 people.
The surname is most frequent in Rwanda, where it is carried by 4,651 people, or 1 in 2,444. Outside of Rwanda it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent are found and The Congo, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niyonzira | 89 | 3 | / |
| Niyongera | 89 | 3 | / |
| Niyonjira | 89 | 2 | / |
| Niyegira | 82 | 24 | / |
| Nyingira | 82 | 9 | / |
| Niyagira | 82 | 2 | / |
| Niyongere | 78 | 34,087 | / |
| Nayongera | 78 | 2 | / |
| Niyonjera | 78 | 1 | / |
| Niyongero | 78 | 1 | / |
| Niyongeri | 78 | 1 | / |
| Niyonggere | 74 | 1 | / |
| Nyengera | 71 | 1,898 | / |
| Noughira | 71 | 139 | / |
| Nainirat | 71 | 32 | / |
| Nyengire | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nyingera | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyengerai | 67 | 779 | / |
| Nougueira | 67 | 353 | / |
| Nienierza | 67 | 100 | / |
| Nayangire | 67 | 7 | / |
| Neyongere | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nayangiri | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nying'iro | 67 | 2 | / |
| Noigueira | 67 | 2 | / |
| Noygueira | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nayonjera | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nijangiri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyengerah | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Niyongira
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