Nyangusi Surname

258,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,521 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nyangusi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyangusi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,4081:37,6014,339
Kenya1031:448,34923,733
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460

Nyangusi (949) may also be a first name.

Nyangusi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nyangusi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Nyangusi occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyangusi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nyangusi is the 258,654th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,791,286 people. The surname Nyangusi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyangusi live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nyangusi is also the 262,241st most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 949 people.

The surname Nyangusi is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,408 people, or 1 in 37,601. In Tanzania Nyangusi is mostly found in: Dodoma Region, where 35 percent live, Tanga Region, where 34 percent live and Arusha Region, where 18 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 7 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.

Nyangusi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Nyangusi last name is principally Muslim (60%) 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 Nyangusi
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