Nyankuru Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Nyankuru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 49 | 1:942,447 | 33,788 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
Nyankuru (46) may also be a first name.
Nyankuru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyankuru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyankuru is most common in Kenya. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyankuru? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,661,929th most widespread last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyankuru are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Nyankuru is also the 1,484,914th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 46 people.
The last name Nyankuru is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 942,447. In Kenya Nyankuru is mostly found in: Kisii County, where 88 percent are found, Narok County, where 8 percent are found and Trans Nzoia County, where 2 percent are found. Beside Kenya Nyankuru exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Nyankuru
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