Nyamusi Surname

224,220th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,815 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nyamusi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyamusi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,8031:25,6132,874
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Nyamusi (1,600) may also be a first name.

Nyamusi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nyamusi is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nyamusi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyamusi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 224,220th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 4,015,177 people. The surname Nyamusi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyamusi live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 193,201st most numerous given name throughout the world, held by 1,600 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 1,803 people, or 1 in 25,613. In Kenya Nyamusi is primarily concentrated in: Kisii County, where 25 percent are found, Vihiga County, where 19 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 18 percent are found. Outside of Kenya Nyamusi is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Nyamusi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name 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 Nyamusi
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