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
Nyamye is most common in Cameroon. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyamye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nyamye is the 2,718,172nd most widespread last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name Nyamye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyamye reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Nyamye is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 415,381. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 66 percent reside, Centre Region, where 32 percent reside and West Region, where 2 percent reside. Other than Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Nyamye
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