Nyakurai Surname

605,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 512 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Nyakurai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyakurai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe5111:30,2124,642
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nyakurai (47) may also be a first name.

Nyakurai Last Name Facts

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

Nyakurai is found most in Zimbabwe. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nyakurai.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyakurai? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nyakurai is the 605,571st most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 14,233,488 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyakurai live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 47 people.

The surname Nyakurai is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 511 people, or 1 in 30,212. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 52 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 17 percent are found and Harare Province, where 14 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyakurayi94151/
Nyakura931,009/
Nyakuri935/
Nyakoura881/
Nyakauri881/
Nyakuraya823/
Nyakurije823/
Nyakurach821/
Nyakora80661/
Nyakure80215/
Nyakori8086/
Neakuri807/
Njakuri804/
Niakouri756/
Niakhuri751/
Gniakouri7124/
Nyakourou718/
Njakure6739/
Nyakore6735/
Nyokori673/
Nyokora673/
Niakora672/
Njakori671/
N'Yakourou671/
Gnacouri6341/
Niakoury632/
Nyakhore631/
Niakourou5945/
Nyaykhore594/
Nyahakore592/
Gniakourou561/
Nyokore531/
Njokora531/
Nyokorou501/

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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 Nyakurai
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