Nyambaya Surname
Approximately 468 people bear this surname
Nyambaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 466 | 1:113,609 | 10,920 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nyambaya (19) may also be a first name.
Nyambaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyambaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyambaya is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyambaya? popularity and diffusion
Nyambaya is the 646,966th most common surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,571,679 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyambaya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 19 people.
The surname Nyambaya is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 466 people, or 1 in 113,609. In Tanzania Nyambaya is primarily concentrated in: Mara Region, where 41 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 21 percent live and Singida Region, where 20 percent live. Barring Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.
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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 Nyambaya
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