Nyams Surname

1,353,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 164 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Iceland

Nyams Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Nyams 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
Kenya841:549,76126,736
Nigeria551:3,220,77797,902
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
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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

The last name Nyams (Russian: Нямс) occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyams? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,353,468th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Nyams live; 51 percent live in East Africa and 51 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nyams is also the 1,091,646th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 78 people.

The last name Nyams is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 549,761. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Nairobi County, where 96 percent reside, Kisumu County, where 1 percent reside and Mombasa County, where 1 percent reside. Barring Kenya this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 34 percent reside and Botswana, where 2 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
Nyamsh914/
Nyamshe831/
Neams806/
Nyamz802/
Nyoms802/
Gnamse73525/
Njamse732/
Nyomse731/
Nyámsz731/
Neamsch674/
Neoms601/
Niamje552/
Niameze501/
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Nyams Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nyams in the Russian language
Нямсnams-

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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 Nyams
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