Nyahaya Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Nyahaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Nyahaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyahaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyahaya is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyahaya? popularity and diffusion
Nyahaya is the 7,117,718th most widely held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyahaya reside; 86 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 7,696,650. In Kenya Nyahaya is mostly found in: Siaya County, where 67 percent live, Kisumu County, where 17 percent live and Narok County, where 17 percent live. Beside Kenya it is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 14 percent live.
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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 Nyahaya
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