Nyamye Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Nyamye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 50 | 1:415,381 | 35,427 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Nyamye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyamye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyamye is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyamye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,718,172nd most frequent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyamye live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
Nyamye is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 415,381. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 66 percent are found, Centre Region, where 32 percent are found and West Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon Nyamye exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Nyamye
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