Nyankomo Surname
Approximately 165 people bear this surname
Nyankomo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 160 | 1:330,885 | 24,859 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nyankomo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyankomo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyankomo occurs most in Tanzania. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyankomo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,348,199th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 44,166,945 people. The last name Nyankomo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyankomo reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 160 people, or 1 in 330,885. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Mara Region, where 99 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 2 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Nyankomo
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