Nyakalaya Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nyakalaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nyakalaya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1051:371,80323,930
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Nyakalaya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nyakalaya occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyakalaya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nyakalaya is the 1,785,358th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyakalaya live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

It is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 371,803. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Buliisa District, where 59 percent are found, Hoima District, where 25 percent are found and Nebbi District, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Uganda it occurs in one country. It is also found in Sudan, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyakalya941/
Nyakala881,867/
Nyakaula8241/
Nyakahala781/
Naayakala781/
Nyakale751,121/
Nyakola75117/
Nyakali7511/
Njakala752/
Njiakala714/
Nyakuola714/
Nyakoula712/
Nyakhale711/
Nyakaile711/
Nyakalis711/
Nyakaloi711/
Nyakalees672/
Nyakaleji671/
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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 Nyakalaya
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