Nyandere Surname

1,098,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nyandere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyandere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1711:270,05817,836
Zimbabwe311:498,00841,116
Uganda191:2,054,69965,771
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nyandere Last Name Facts

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

Nyandere is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyandere? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,098,270th most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. Nyandere is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyandere reside; 85 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

Nyandere is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 270,058. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Nyamira County, where 57 percent reside, Homa Bay County, where 37 percent reside and Kisii County, where 5 percent reside. Not including Kenya this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 14 percent reside and Uganda, where 9 percent reside.

Nyandere Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyandiere944/
Nyandeere942/
Nyandera885,717/
Nyandire884/
Nyanderi883/
Nyandeera821/
Nyaandera821/
Nyandira75860/
Nyandiri75342/
Nhandire7567/
Nyonderi755/
Nyondera753/
Nyangyire717/
Nyanndira711/
Niandira631/
Nyongyire593/

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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 Nyandere
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