Nyang'a Surname
Approximately 331 people bear this surname
Nyang'a Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 328 | 1:140,792 | 11,399 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Nyang'a Demographics
Nyang'a Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nyang'a Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyang'a Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyang'a occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyang'a? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 833,931st most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 22,016,755 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyang'a live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 328 people, or 1 in 140,792. In Kenya Nyang'a is primarily found in: Turkana County, where 92 percent reside, Homa Bay County, where 3 percent reside and Kilifi County, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 1 percent reside and Malawi, where 0 percent reside.
Nyang'a Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Nyang'a
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