Nyambee Surname
Approximately 194 people bear this surname
Nyambee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 192 | 1:922,619 | 39,799 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Nyambee (16) may also be a first name.
Nyambee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyambee Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyambee is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyambee? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nyambee is the 1,210,518th most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 37,564,670 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyambee are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name in the world, held by 16 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 192 people, or 1 in 922,619. In Nigeria Nyambee is most numerous in: Benue, where 99 percent reside, Edo, where 1 percent reside and Kaduna, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 1 percent reside and Zambia, 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
- 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 Nyambee
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