Nyamya Surname
Approximately 250 people bear this surname
Nyamya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 219 | 1:241,743 | 19,666 |
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
Nyamya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyamya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyamya is found most in Tanzania. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Nyamya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyamya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,014,722nd most widely held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 29,150,184 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyamya live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 219 people, or 1 in 241,743. In Tanzania Nyamya is most numerous in: Iringa Region, where 65 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 25 percent reside and Njombe Region, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania Nyamya exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 11 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyamyha | 92 | 4 | / |
| Nyamyea | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nyamaiya | 86 | 68 | / |
| Nyameiya | 86 | 21 | / |
| Nyamyaha | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nyamea | 83 | 76 | / |
| Nyamja | 83 | 29 | / |
| Nyamia | 83 | 6 | / |
| Nyamyo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Neamya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nhamya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nyamaheya | 80 | 21 | / |
| Nehamya | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nyameah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nyamija | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nyamiah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nyamjaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| N'Yamia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nyameyio | 71 | 94 | / |
| Nyameiyo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nehamyas | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nyamoyio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyamuija | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gnamia | 67 | 335 | / |
| Nyamjo | 67 | 37 | / |
| Niamia | 67 | 6 | / |
| Njomya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nyomyo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Neamia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nyameo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyamahija | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyamajiaa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nyamya
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