Nyakai Surname
Approximately 289 people bear this surname
Nyakai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 226 | 1:234,255 | 19,221 |
| Zimbabwe | 44 | 1:350,869 | 33,247 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Nyakai (11,080) may also be a first name.
Nyakai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyakai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyakai is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nyakai.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyakai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nyakai is the 917,199th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 25,216,422 people. The last name Nyakai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyakai reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 81 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Nyakai is also the 57,192nd most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 11,080 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 226 people, or 1 in 234,255. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Kagera Region, where 52 percent are found, Mara Region, where 39 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 4 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 15 percent are found and Uganda, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Nyakai
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