Nyamesa Surname

1,295,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nyamesa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyamesa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1751:263,88517,546

Nyamesa (82) may also be a first name.

Nyamesa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nyamesa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Nyamesa occurs most in Kenya. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Nyamesa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyamesa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,295,379th most commonly used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. The surname Nyamesa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyamesa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 51 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nyamesa is also the 1,060,447th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world, held by 82 people.

The last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 175 people, or 1 in 263,885. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kisii County, where 49 percent live, Nyamira County, where 49 percent live and Nairobi County, where 2 percent live.

Nyamesa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Nyamesa
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