Nyaba Surname

119,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,830 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Nyaba Surname User-submission:

The surname Nyaba comes from the Mthethwa family in South Africa. One of Mthethwa ran away from home because of family fight with Kwazulu. He passed Tugela river and made new place to stay there before Kwamaphumulo. They were staying under big trees, they use to collect woods for making fire, name of stack of woods together called inyanda, tree collected was called mnyaba.

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Nyaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,5411:21,3212,705
Ghana5541:48,7745,381
Cameroon5301:39,1875,238
Nigeria1411:1,256,33250,205
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Burkina Faso71:2,621,72917,588
England51:11,143,612252,590
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nyaba (221) may also be a first name.

Nyaba Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Nyaba comes from the Mthethwa family in South Africa. One of Mthethwa ran away from home because of family fight with Kwazulu. He passed Tugela river and made new place to stay there before Kwamaphumulo. They were staying under big trees, they use to collect woods for making fire, name of stack of woods together called inyanda, tree collected was called mnyaba. In this village people called them bantu baka mnyaba.

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Nyaba Last Name Facts

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

Nyaba (Hindi: न्याबा, Russian: Няба) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nyaba.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyaba? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nyaba is the 119,893rd most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,902,754 people. Nyaba is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyaba live; 66 percent live in Southern Africa and 66 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Nyaba is also the 606,684th most frequently held given name world-wide It is held by 221 people.

This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 2,541 people, or 1 in 21,321. In South Africa Nyaba is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 46 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 31 percent live and Western Cape, where 10 percent live. Beside South Africa it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 14 percent live and Cameroon, where 14 percent live.

Nyaba Last Name Statistics demography

Nyaba earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 44.25% less than the national average, earning R 132,492 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Gnaba805,204/
Niaba801,641/
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Nyachwa674/
N'Yampa672/
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Nyabohe671/
Nyathbi671/
Nehabai671/
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Nyawayj671/
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N'Giaba671/
Nyouaha671/
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Nyabeth671/
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Nyawash671/
Gnahbah671/
Ñaba671/
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Nyaba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nyaba in the Hindi language
न्याबाn'yaba-
Nyaba in the Russian language
Нябаnaba-

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