Nyakanyaka Surname
Approximately 265 people bear this surname
Nyakanyaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Zimbabwe | 51 | 1:302,711 | 30,394 |
| Zambia | 29 | 1:546,549 | 23,344 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nyakanyaka (103) may also be a first name.
Nyakanyaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyakanyaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyakanyaka is found most frequently in Malawi. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyakanyaka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 975,866th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 27,500,173 people. The last name Nyakanyaka is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyakanyaka live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Nyakanyaka is also the 930,172nd most prevalent given name in the world, held by 103 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Barring Malawi it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 19 percent live and Zambia, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyhakanyhaka | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nyakanyoka | 90 | 1 | / |
| Nyakanyako | 90 | 1 | / |
| Njakanjaka | 80 | 67 | / |
| Nyakanjako | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nyokanyoka | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nyakanyoko | 80 | 1 | / |
| Njakanjako | 70 | 1 | / |
| Nyokonyoko | 60 | 3 | / |
| Nhacanhaca | 60 | 1 | / |
| Nyhokonyhoko | 55 | 4 | / |
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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 Nyakanyaka
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