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 more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nnyama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,543,123rd most widely held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nnyama are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Nnyama is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Enugu, where 56 percent reside, Abia, where 22 percent reside and Lagos, where 19 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and Lesotho, where 3 percent reside.
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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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