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
The surname Nyangu occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyangu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 28,297th most widely held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 383,737 people. The last name Nyangu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyangu live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Nyangu is also the 172,960th most common given name world-wide, held by 1,926 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 14,469 people, or 1 in 1,095. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 68 percent reside, Eastern Province, where 19 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Zambia it is found in 19 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 11 percent reside and Tanzania, where 5 percent reside.
Nyangu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Nyangu last name is primarily 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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