Nyancha Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nyancha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyancha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1001:207,69121,269
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Nyancha (25) may also be a first name.

Nyancha Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyancha is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyancha? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nyancha is the 1,785,358th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. Nyancha occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyancha are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held given name globally It is held by 25 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 100 people, or 1 in 207,691. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 98 percent live, Centre Region, where 1 percent live and Southwest Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 5 percent live and The Philippines, where 1 percent live.

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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 Nyancha
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