Nyang'au Surname
Approximately 13,276 people bear this surname
Nyang'au Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 13,267 | 1:3,481 | 537 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Nyang'au (2,499) may also be a first name.
Nyang'au Demographics
Nyang'au Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nyang'au Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyang'au Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyang'au occurs most in Kenya. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyang'au? popularity and diffusion
Nyang'au is the 39,539th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 548,926 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyang'au live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nyang'au is also the 147,669th most frequent first name globally, borne by 2,499 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 13,267 people, or 1 in 3,481. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Nyamira County, where 45 percent live, Kisii County, where 38 percent live and Nairobi County, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya Nyang'au occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Nyang'au Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Nyang'au last name is principally 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
- 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 Nyang'au
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