Nyakel Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nyakel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nyakel 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
Nigeria721:2,460,31681,464
Cameroon191:1,093,10967,608

Nyakel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nyakel occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyakel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nyakel is the 1,955,159th most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyakel reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 2,460,316. In Nigeria Nyakel is most common in: Taraba, where 44 percent reside, Yobe, where 33 percent reside and Adamawa, where 17 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Nyakel is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 21 percent reside.

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
Nyokel831/
Nyakil831/
Nyaqele771/
Gnaakel771/
Nyokl731/
Naiyakyl711/
Niokel677/
Nihakil621/
Neachell5742/
Niocel5053/
Neocel5037/
Néocel501/
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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 Nyakel
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