Nyamayi Surname
Approximately 221 people bear this surname
Nyamayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 212 | 1:72,822 | 10,797 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Nyamayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyamayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyamayi occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyamayi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,104,724th most widespread last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 32,975,321 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyamayi reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Nyamayi is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 212 people, or 1 in 72,822. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 49 percent reside, Harare Province, where 42 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 8 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Nyamayi
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