Nyakabau Surname

101,953rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,627 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Nyakabau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyakabau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe4,5801:3,371258
England301:1,857,26974,552
Botswana41:546,73222,624
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Nyakabau (31) may also be a first name.

Nyakabau Last Name Facts

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

Nyakabau is found most in Zimbabwe. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyakabau? popularity and diffusion

It is the 101,953rd most commonly held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,575,005 people. The surname Nyakabau occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyakabau live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most numerous given name at a global level, held by 31 people.

The surname is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 4,580 people, or 1 in 3,371. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 62 percent live, Harare Province, where 26 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 6 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe Nyakabau occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Botswana, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyakabayu941/
Nyakaba93435/
Nyakabu934/
Nyakabaya825/
Nyakabawe822/
Nyakabuye821/
Nyakoba808/
Niakaba801/
Njakaba801/
Nyakava801/
Nyakooba751/
Nyakoubat711/
Neokaba674/
Njakavu673/
Nyokoba671/
Njokaba671/
Niakoba671/
Gnakouba631/
Nyakompa631/
Nyacoubou591/
Njokava5310/
Nhacoba531/
Njokuoba5015/
Gnacouba502/
Njokuobu501/

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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 Nyakabau
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