Nyalinga Surname
Approximately 416 people bear this surname
Nyalinga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 386 | 1:137,154 | 12,684 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nyalinga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyalinga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyalinga is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nyalinga.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyalinga? popularity and diffusion
Nyalinga is the 706,244th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 17,518,139 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyalinga live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Nyalinga is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 386 people, or 1 in 137,154. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 54 percent are found, Kagera Region, where 24 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyallinga | 94 | 1 | / |
| Nyalina | 93 | 19 | / |
| Nyalenga | 88 | 76 | / |
| Nyalynga | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nyolinga | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nyalingui | 82 | 12 | / |
| Nialionga | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nyallinau | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nyalino | 80 | 21 | / |
| Nyalena | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nealina | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nyalenge | 75 | 52 | / |
| Njalingi | 75 | 38 | / |
| Njalenga | 75 | 22 | / |
| Nyaloino | 75 | 21 | / |
| Nyalengi | 75 | 2 | / |
| Neyyalga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nialenga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nehalina | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nijalingapp | 74 | 18 | / |
| Naiyalena | 71 | 53 | / |
| Nijalinge | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nealga | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nñalga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nialega | 67 | 56 | / |
| Neolina | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gnolina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niolina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niolinah | 63 | 40 | / |
| Nyolengo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Njoolina | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ñolina | 57 | 2 | / |
| Gnalenou | 50 | 3 | / |
| Nialenai | 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 Nyalinga
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