Nyakandi Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Nyakandi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 135 | 1:114,357 | 15,590 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nyakandi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyakandi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyakandi is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyakandi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,478,479th most common family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 50,961,860 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Nyakandi are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 135 people, or 1 in 114,357. In Zimbabwe Nyakandi is most frequent in: Mashonaland East Province, where 41 percent are found, Harare Province, where 28 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 22 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyakanda | 88 | 439 | / |
| Nyakondi | 88 | 34 | / |
| Nyakande | 88 | 22 | / |
| Gnakandi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nyakaunda | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nyakaunde | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nyakasinde | 78 | 2 | / |
| Nyakonda | 75 | 782 | / |
| Nyakonde | 75 | 1 | / |
| Njakande | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nyakuonda | 71 | 18 | / |
| Nyakotende | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nhacande | 63 | 5 | / |
| Gnakounde | 59 | 1 | / |
| Nyokotende | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Nyakandi
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