Nyankene Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Nyankene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 53 | 1:346,266 | 5,749 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
Nyankene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyankene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyankene has its highest incidence in Burkina Faso. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyankene? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,635,433rd most common surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyankene live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Nyankene is most numerous in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 346,266. In Burkina Faso it is most common in: Centre Region, where 51 percent are found, Centre-Est Region, where 43 percent are found and Centre-Ouest Region, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Burkina Faso it is found in one country. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyankoene | 94 | 6 | / |
| Nyankenge | 94 | 5 | / |
| Nyankena | 88 | 250 | / |
| Nyankine | 88 | 29 | / |
| Niankene | 88 | 16 | / |
| Nyankeni | 88 | 2 | / |
| Niankine | 75 | 80 | / |
| Nyankini | 75 | 8 | / |
| Gnankeni | 75 | 2 | / |
| Niankeni | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nyankani | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nyonkein | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nyanchine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Niankini | 63 | 30 | / |
| Gnankini | 63 | 27 | / |
| Nyoncane | 63 | 2 | / |
| Nyanqani | 63 | 1 | / |
| Niankiné | 63 | 1 | / |
| Niankani | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nyanquini | 59 | 2 | / |
| Nyanchini | 59 | 2 | / |
| Njoncoene | 59 | 1 | / |
| Gniankini | 59 | 1 | / |
| Ngnankoin | 59 | 1 | / |
| Ngnankoing | 56 | 1 | / |
| Njonkuin | 50 | 11 | / |
| Niancain | 50 | 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
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- 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 Nyankene
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