Nyakabe Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Nyakabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyakabe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe771:200,49723,224
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nyakabe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nyakabe is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nyakabe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyakabe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nyakabe is the 1,860,621st most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. Nyakabe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyakabe are found; 79 percent are found in Southern Africa and 79 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 200,497. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Manicaland Province, where 90 percent live, Midlands Province, where 8 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 1 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe Nyakabe exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 21 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyakaba86435/
Nyakabi8614/
Nyakobe868/
Nyakampe801/
Nyakabaya755/
Nyokabi7118,587/
Nyakobi7179/
Niakaby719/
Nyakoba718/
Niakabi716/
Niakaba711/
Njakobe711/
Njakaba711/
Nyakavhi6714/
Nyakhavi672/
Nyakampi672/
Nyokabii672/
Nyakooba671/
Nnyokabi671/
Nyokabis671/
Gnackaby671/
Gnacabi5746/
Njokabi574/
Neokaba574/
Nyokavi572/
Nyokobi571/
Njokaba571/
Niakoba571/
Niacabi571/
Njoukoube501/

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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 Nyakabe
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