Nyakwamba Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Nyakwamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 55 | 1:839,635 | 32,298 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nyakwamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyakwamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyakwamba is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyakwamba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,530,696th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. Nyakwamba is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nyakwamba are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name Nyakwamba is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 839,635. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Homa Bay County, where 93 percent live and Migori County, where 7 percent live. Other than Kenya Nyakwamba exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyakwaba | 94 | 1 | / |
| Nyakuamba | 89 | 2 | / |
| Nyagwamba | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nyakwambi | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nyakweba | 82 | 2,691 | / |
| Nyakwabe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nyagwambo | 78 | 239 | / |
| Nyangwaba | 78 | 95 | / |
| Nyakuomba | 78 | 1 | / |
| Nyangwabi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyagbambo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyakuombe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyingwambe | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nhangwombe | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nhangwhombe | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Nyakwamba
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