Nyakwea Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nyakwea Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyakwea Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya571:810,17431,920

Nyakwea Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyakwea is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nyakwea.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyakwea? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,555,468th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyakwea reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 810,174. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Nyeri County, where 84 percent live, Nyandarua County, where 7 percent live and Embu County, where 2 percent live.

Nyakwea Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally 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 Nyakwea
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