Nnyama Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Nnyama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nnyama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nnyama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nnyama occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Nnyama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nnyama? popularity and diffusion
Nnyama is the 3,543,123rd most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nnyama live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria Nnyama is most common in: Enugu, where 56 percent live, Abia, where 22 percent live and Lagos, where 19 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Lesotho, where 3 percent live.
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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 Nnyama
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