Nyakech Surname
Approximately 513 people bear this surname
Nyakech Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 361 | 1:127,922 | 10,545 |
| Tanzania | 89 | 1:594,850 | 37,281 |
| Uganda | 62 | 1:629,666 | 32,895 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Nyakech Demographics
Nyakech Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nyakech Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyakech Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyakech is found most frequently in Kenya. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nyakech click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyakech? popularity and diffusion
Nyakech is the 604,614th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 14,205,743 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyakech are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Nyakech is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 361 people, or 1 in 127,922. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Migori County, where 53 percent live, Homa Bay County, where 29 percent live and Siaya County, where 18 percent live. Excluding Kenya Nyakech is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 17 percent live and Uganda, where 12 percent live.
Nyakech Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Nyakech
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