Nyang'acha Surname

870,423rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 311 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nyang'acha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyang'acha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3111:148,48811,824

Nyang'acha (77) may also be a first name.

Nyang'acha Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nyang'acha Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Nyang'acha is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyang'acha? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 870,423rd most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 23,432,624 people. The surname Nyang'acha occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyang'acha are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 77 people.

The surname is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 311 people, or 1 in 148,488. In Kenya Nyang'acha is most frequent in: Kisii County, where 96 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 1 percent are found and Nyamira County, where 1 percent are found.

Nyang'acha Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly 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'acha
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