Nyachiya Surname
Approximately 347 people bear this surname
Nyachiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 335 | 1:46,084 | 7,087 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nyachiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyachiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyachiya occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyachiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nyachiya is the 806,178th most widespread last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 21,001,573 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyachiya reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 335 people, or 1 in 46,084. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Mashonaland East Province, where 51 percent are found, Harare Province, where 27 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 18 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyachuya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nyachayau | 82 | 26 | / |
| Nyachae | 80 | 2,054 | / |
| Nyachoi | 80 | 7 | / |
| Nyachai | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nyachie | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nyagiya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nyachoa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nyachayo | 75 | 22 | / |
| Nyachaye | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nyachijo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nhachaya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nyachoyo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nyacheyo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nyagiye | 67 | 190 | / |
| Nyazaya | 67 | 16 | / |
| Njachai | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nyakhay | 67 | 4 | / |
| Njachie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nyageya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nyazoya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nyachou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Niachie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nyaziyo | 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
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- 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 Nyachiya
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