Nyangu Surname
Approximately 18,991 people bear this surname
Nyangu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 14,469 | 1:1,095 | 150 |
| Malawi | 2,091 | 1:8,187 | 1,245 |
| Tanzania | 926 | 1:57,172 | 6,208 |
| DR Congo | 848 | 1:87,122 | 9,954 |
| Zimbabwe | 538 | 1:28,696 | 4,411 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Kenya | 19 | 1:2,430,521 | 36,895 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Nyangu (1,926) may also be a first name.
Nyangu Demographics
Nyangu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nyangu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyangu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyangu is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyangu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 28,297th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 383,737 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyangu reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 172,960th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 1,926 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 14,469 people, or 1 in 1,095. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Lusaka Province, where 68 percent live, Eastern Province, where 19 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 7 percent live. Not including Zambia Nyangu is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 11 percent live and Tanzania, where 5 percent live.
Nyangu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Nyangu 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 Nyangu
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