Nyakongo Surname

580,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 541 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nyakongo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyakongo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2511:183,98413,840
Tanzania2311:229,18418,969
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nyakongo (120) may also be a first name.

Nyakongo Last Name Facts

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

Nyakongo is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyakongo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 580,291st most commonly used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 13,470,510 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyakongo live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 53 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nyakongo is also the 852,104th most frequently occurring forename on earth, held by 120 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 251 people, or 1 in 183,984. In Kenya it is most common in: Migori County, where 71 percent live, Nyamira County, where 20 percent live and Homa Bay County, where 4 percent live. Besides Kenya Nyakongo occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 43 percent live and The DR Congo, where 10 percent live.

Nyakongo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Nyakongo surname is chiefly 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 Nyakongo
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