Nyamweno Surname

654,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 461 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nyamweno Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyamweno Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya4581:100,8298,817
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Nyamweno (132) may also be a first name.

Nyamweno Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyamweno is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyamweno? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 654,010th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 15,808,126 people. The surname Nyamweno occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyamweno reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Nyamweno is also the 807,735th most frequently used forename worldwide It is held by 132 people.

It is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 458 people, or 1 in 100,829. In Kenya Nyamweno is mostly concentrated in: Nyamira County, where 56 percent live, Kisii County, where 24 percent live and Nairobi County, where 18 percent live. Excluding Kenya this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 0 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.

Nyamweno Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyamwengo9496/
Nyamwino88238/
Nyamwena88182/
Nyamwano881/
Nyamwingo821/
Nyawena801/
Nyamvono7528/
Nyamwina752/
Nhamwino751/
Nyamuena751/
Nyamwinga71117/
Nyamuenga711/
Niamwenga711/
Nyawina67231/
Nyambina6312/
Njambino631/
Nyamvona631/
Nyamuhinga563/
Gnanvena5015/
Nyomvana508/

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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 Nyamweno
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