Nyamhena Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nyamhena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyamhena Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Nyamhena Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyamhena is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nyamhena click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyamhena? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nyamhena is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Nyamhena is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyamhena live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Nyamhena is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 100 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in Tanzania, where 6 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
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  • 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 Nyamhena
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