Nyakeriga Surname

678,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 439 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nyakeriga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyakeriga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya4311:107,1469,222
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Nyakeriga (51) may also be a first name.

Nyakeriga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyakeriga is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Nyakeriga click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyakeriga? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nyakeriga is the 678,631st most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 16,600,332 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nyakeriga live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nyakeriga is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently used given name at a global level, borne by 51 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 431 people, or 1 in 107,146. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Nyamira County, where 45 percent live, Kisii County, where 32 percent live and Nakuru County, where 20 percent live. Outside of Kenya this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live.

Nyakeriga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Nyakeriga surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Nyakeriga earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 85.13% less than the national average, earning $6,417 USD per year.

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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 Nyakeriga
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