Nyaks Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nyaks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyaks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Nyaks Last Name Facts

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

Nyaks (Russian: Някс) is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nyaks.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyaks? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,587,209th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 42 percent of Nyaks reside; 25 percent reside in Southern Africa and 25 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Nyaks is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 7,696,650. Aside from Kenya this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 25 percent are found and England, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyoks804/
Nyakx803/
Nyakz802/
Niaks801/
Nayoks731/
Najoks731/
Nyax674/
Neacs606/
Nyaxh605/
Nyagz603/
Njoks601/
Nhaxs601/
Nyahx601/
Nyazx601/
Nyokx601/
Nojoks5513/
Njocks552/
Neagsh552/
Gnacss551/
Neujoks501/

Nyaks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nyaks in the Russian language
Няксnaks-

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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 Nyaks
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