Nyakuya Surname

870,423rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 311 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Nyakuya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyakuya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1431:370,22127,074
Zimbabwe1431:107,96014,912
Uganda251:1,561,57156,175

Nyakuya (64) may also be a first name.

Nyakuya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nyakuya occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyakuya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 870,423rd most common family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 23,432,624 people. The last name Nyakuya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyakuya live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 47 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nyakuya is also the 1,223,525th most frequently held forename internationally. It is borne by 64 people.

The last name Nyakuya is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 143 people, or 1 in 370,221. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mara Region, where 98 percent reside, Iringa Region, where 1 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 46 percent reside and Uganda, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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 Nyakuya
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