Nyalinga Surname

706,244th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 416 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nyalinga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyalinga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3861:137,15412,684
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

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.

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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 Nyalinga
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