Nyachiri Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Nyachiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 65 | 1:710,460 | 30,267 |
| Zimbabwe | 42 | 1:367,577 | 34,250 |
Nyachiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyachiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyachiri is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nyachiri click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyachiri? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,775,494th most common last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyachiri are found; 61 percent are found in East Africa and 61 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 710,460. In Kenya Nyachiri is primarily found in: Homa Bay County, where 98 percent reside and Kisii County, where 2 percent reside. Not including Kenya this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 39 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyacheri | 88 | 75 | / |
| Nyachira | 88 | 18 | / |
| Nyacira | 80 | 10 | / |
| Nyachera | 75 | 70 | / |
| Nyachery | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nyazire | 67 | 174 | / |
| Gnaziri | 67 | 55 | / |
| Nyagire | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nyageri | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nyajeri | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nyazeri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyadzire | 63 | 7 | / |
| Njachere | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nhothsiri | 59 | 24 | / |
| Nyogire | 53 | 16 | / |
| Gnazeri | 53 | 9 | / |
| Nyogeri | 53 | 2 | / |
| Njagire | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nyajery | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nyajere | 53 | 1 | / |
| Gnaziry | 53 | 1 | / |
| Niazaire | 50 | 102 | / |
| Nyatsera | 50 | 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 Nyachiri
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