Nyama Surname
Approximately 19,567 people bear this surname
Nyama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 4,476 | 1:3,449 | 274 |
| South Africa | 2,967 | 1:18,260 | 2,303 |
| DR Congo | 2,955 | 1:25,002 | 3,153 |
| Zambia | 2,256 | 1:7,026 | 840 |
| Cameroon | 1,866 | 1:11,130 | 1,495 |
| Malawi | 1,438 | 1:11,905 | 1,842 |
| Gabon | 1,162 | 1:1,626 | 271 |
| Tanzania | 760 | 1:69,660 | 7,342 |
| Nigeria | 539 | 1:328,651 | 17,985 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Namibia | 237 | 1:10,166 | 1,948 |
| Uganda | 205 | 1:190,436 | 15,550 |
| Lesotho | 77 | 1:26,397 | 5,202 |
| Liberia | 53 | 1:83,180 | 6,894 |
| England | 40 | 1:1,392,951 | 61,553 |
| Botswana | 39 | 1:56,075 | 10,323 |
| Indonesia | 34 | 1:3,889,682 | 201,134 |
| Mongolia | 26 | 1:108,665 | 7,123 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| Russia | 24 | 1:6,005,127 | 248,576 |
| Sierra Leone | 16 | 1:443,102 | 516 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Burkina Faso | 7 | 1:2,621,729 | 17,588 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Congo | 7 | 1:712,728 | 15,723 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
Nyama (3,185) may also be a first name.
Nyama Demographics
Average Nyama Salary in
United States
$25,667 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nyama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyama (Arabic: نياما, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻴﻤﻪ, Hindi: न्यामा, Marathi: यामा, Oriya: ନଯ୍ାମା, Russian: Няма) is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 27,474th most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 372,441 people. Nyama is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyama are found; 59 percent are found in Southern Africa and 59 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Nyama is also the 127,303rd most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 3,185 people.
Nyama is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 4,476 people, or 1 in 3,449. In Zimbabwe Nyama is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 20 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 17 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 16 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 46 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 15 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 15 percent reside.
Nyama Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Nyama earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 31.98% less than the national average, earning R 161,652 per year and in United States they earn 40.52% less than the national average, earning $25,667 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nyama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nyama in the Oriya language | ||
| ନଯ୍ାମା | nayama | - |
| Nyama in the Hindi language | ||
| न्यामा | n'yama | 96.3 |
| ण्यम | nyama | 3.7 |
| Nyama in the Marathi language | ||
| यामा | yama | 50 |
| न्यामा | n'yama | 50 |
| Nyama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﻴﻤﻪ | anymh | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻡ | anyam | 33.33 |
| ﺃﻧﻴﺎﻣﻪ | anyamh | 33.33 |
| Nyama in the Russian language | ||
| Няма | nama | - |
| Nyama in the Arabic language | ||
| نياما | nyama | - |
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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 Nyama
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