Nyaga Surname
Approximately 73,013 people bear this surname
Nyaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 70,171 | 1:658 | 96 |
| Tanzania | 1,246 | 1:42,489 | 4,835 |
| Uganda | 462 | 1:84,501 | 8,921 |
| Nigeria | 350 | 1:506,122 | 25,182 |
| Cameroon | 254 | 1:81,768 | 9,997 |
| Russia | 121 | 1:1,191,100 | 87,429 |
| United States | 103 | 1:3,519,019 | 197,606 |
| Indonesia | 47 | 1:2,813,813 | 160,835 |
| England | 44 | 1:1,266,320 | 57,817 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Moldova | 30 | 1:118,712 | 13,533 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Iceland | 5 | 1:76,018 | 4,442 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Transnistria | 4 | 1:118,675 | 12,470 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Nyaga (20,471) may also be a first name.
Nyaga Demographics
Average Nyaga Salary in
United States
$31,193 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nyaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyaga (Arabic: نياغا, Russian: Няга) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyaga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,783rd most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 99,812 people. The last name Nyaga is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyaga live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nyaga is also the 37,162nd most frequently used forename internationally It is held by 20,471 people.
The last name Nyaga is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 70,171 people, or 1 in 658. In Kenya it is most common in: Embu County, where 44 percent are found, Tharaka Nithi County, where 15 percent are found and Kirinyaga County, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Kenya it exists in 46 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 2 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Nyaga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Nyaga last name is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Nyaga surname are 22.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.23% being registered with the party.
The amount Nyaga earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 34.92% less than the national average, earning R 154,644 per year and in United States they earn 27.71% less than the national average, earning $31,193 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nyaga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nyaga in the Russian language | ||
| Няга | naga | - |
| Nyaga in the Arabic language | ||
| نياغا | nyagha | - |
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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 Nyaga
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