Nyalema Surname

961,438th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 271 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nyalema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nyalema Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2701:196,08016,774
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nyalema Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nyalema has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyalema? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 961,438th most widespread surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 26,891,313 people. The last name Nyalema occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyalema live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 270 people, or 1 in 196,080. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kigoma Region, where 100 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 0 percent reside. Not including Tanzania it exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyalima86113/
Nyaleme861/
Nealemay804/
Nyahalima751/
Nyalimo71243/
Nhalima7115/
Nyolima715/
Nealima712/
Nyalime712/
Nyalimi711/
Nyalimoi6734/
Nyalimey6727/
Nyalimei6721/
Nialisma677/
Nyalimoy674/
Nh'alima674/
Nyolimat671/
Njalimah671/
Njolima571/
Gnalimi571/
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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 Nyalema
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