Nyanguru Surname
Approximately 710 people bear this surname
Nyanguru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 474 | 1:111,691 | 10,757 |
| Zimbabwe | 197 | 1:78,367 | 11,515 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Nyanguru (20) may also be a first name.
Nyanguru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyanguru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyanguru is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyanguru? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 472,211th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 10,264,149 people. The last name Nyanguru is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyanguru reside; 70 percent reside in East Africa and 70 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Nyanguru is also the 2,446,817th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 20 people.
This surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 474 people, or 1 in 111,691. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Ruvuma Region, where 82 percent are found, Mara Region, where 15 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 28 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyaguru | 93 | 2 | / |
| Njanguru | 88 | 35 | / |
| Gnangourou | 78 | 98 | / |
| N'Yagourou | 78 | 1 | / |
| Nyamhuru | 75 | 85 | / |
| Nyagoruh | 75 | 24 | / |
| Gnagourou | 71 | 36 | / |
| Nianourou | 71 | 3 | / |
| Gnanhourou | 67 | 9 | / |
| Nianhourou | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gnogourou | 59 | 1 | / |
| Gnonourou | 59 | 1 | / |
| Gnonhourou | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Nyanguru
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