Nyale Surname
Approximately 10,125 people bear this surname
Nyale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 7,621 | 1:6,060 | 832 |
| Malawi | 889 | 1:19,257 | 3,006 |
| Tanzania | 756 | 1:70,029 | 7,366 |
| Zambia | 287 | 1:55,226 | 5,097 |
| DR Congo | 205 | 1:360,388 | 31,424 |
| Cameroon | 88 | 1:236,012 | 23,423 |
| Zimbabwe | 64 | 1:241,222 | 26,284 |
| South Africa | 59 | 1:918,266 | 58,838 |
| Indonesia | 53 | 1:2,495,268 | 147,726 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
The alternate forms: Nyalé (1) are calculated separately.
Nyale (2,144) may also be a first name.
Nyale Demographics
Average Nyale Salary in
South Africa
R 83,412
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Nyale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyale (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻝ, Hindi: न्याले) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Nyalé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyale? popularity and diffusion
It is the 50,650th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 719,758 people. Nyale is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyale reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 162,093rd most frequently occurring forename at a global level It is held by 2,144 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 7,621 people, or 1 in 6,060. In Kenya Nyale is most frequent in: Kilifi County, where 65 percent live, Mombasa County, where 17 percent live and Kwale County, where 15 percent live. Aside from Kenya this surname exists in 23 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 9 percent live and Tanzania, where 7 percent live.
Nyale Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Nyale surname is primarily Christian (88%) in Kenya.
Nyale earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 64.9% less than the national average, earning R 83,412 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nyale Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nyale in the Hindi language | ||
| न्याले | n'yale | - |
| Nyale in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻝ | anyal | 50 |
| ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻟﻪ | anyalh | 33.33 |
| ﺃﻧﻴﺎﻟﻪ | anyalh | 16.67 |
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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 Nyale
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