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
Nyamayi occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nyamayi.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyamayi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,104,724th most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 32,975,321 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyamayi are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 212 people, or 1 in 72,822. In Zimbabwe Nyamayi is most prevalent in: Manicaland Province, where 49 percent are found, Harare Province, where 42 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 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
- 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 Nyamayi
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