Nyamwea Surname
Approximately 261 people bear this surname
Nyamwea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 261 | 1:176,934 | 13,356 |
Nyamwea (17) may also be a first name.
Nyamwea Demographics
Nyamwea Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nyamwea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyamwea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyamwea is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyamwea? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 985,740th most numerous last name globally, borne by around 1 in 27,921,632 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyamwea reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 17 people.
The last name Nyamwea is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 261 people, or 1 in 176,934. In Kenya Nyamwea is most prevalent in: Narok County, where 30 percent are found, Kisii County, where 26 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 19 percent are found.
Nyamwea Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly 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 Nyamwea
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