Nyamkara Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nyamkara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nyamkara Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1491:355,31326,378
Canada51:7,369,118289,406

Nyamkara Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyamkara occurs most in Tanzania. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyamkara? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,409,418th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. The surname Nyamkara occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nyamkara live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 149 people, or 1 in 355,313. In Tanzania Nyamkara is mostly concentrated in: Kagera Region, where 95 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyamkora88150/
Nyankara889/
Nyamkera881/
Nyankaira82247/
Niankara75469/
Nyamkoro7588/
Nyankora753/
Nyamkore751/
Nyankeira713/
Nijamkari711/
Nionkara6338/
Nyankoro6312/
Hniangkhara631/
Niankaro631/
Niankoro501/
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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 Nyamkara
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