Nyamekye Surname
Approximately 18,389 people bear this surname
Nyamekye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 18,011 | 1:1,500 | 246 |
| United States | 173 | 1:2,095,138 | 133,172 |
| England | 123 | 1:452,992 | 29,924 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Nyamekye (2,311) may also be a first name.
Nyamekye Demographics
Average Nyamekye Salary in
United States
$41,266 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nyamekye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyamekye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyamekye is found most frequently in Ghana. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyamekye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nyamekye is the 29,192nd most common last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 396,299 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nyamekye are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 154,937th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 2,311 people.
The last name Nyamekye is most numerous in Ghana, where it is held by 18,011 people, or 1 in 1,500. Aside from Ghana this surname occurs in 25 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Nyamekye Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Nyamekye last name are 39.08% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 92.31% registered with the party.
The amount Nyamekye earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 63.23% less than the national average, earning R 87,384 per year; in United States they earn 4.36% less than the national average, earning $41,266 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.22% less than the national average, earning $33,176 CAD per year.
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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 Nyamekye
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