Nyams Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Nyams Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 84 | 1:549,761 | 26,736 |
| Nigeria | 55 | 1:3,220,777 | 97,902 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Nyams (78) may also be a first name.
Nyams Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyams Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyams (Russian: Нямс) is most common in Kenya. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyams? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,353,468th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. The last name Nyams occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Nyams are found; 51 percent are found in East Africa and 51 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Nyams is also the 1,091,646th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 78 people.
The surname Nyams is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 549,761. In Kenya Nyams is primarily concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 96 percent are found, Kisumu County, where 1 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 1 percent are found. Other than Kenya Nyams exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 34 percent are found and Botswana, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nyams Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nyams in the Russian language | ||
| Нямс | nams | - |
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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 Nyams
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