Nyanza Surname
Approximately 3,851 people bear this surname
Nyanza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3,420 | 1:15,480 | 2,008 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Uganda | 101 | 1:386,528 | 24,497 |
| Kenya | 99 | 1:466,464 | 24,395 |
| Zimbabwe | 61 | 1:253,086 | 27,132 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Nyanza (664) may also be a first name.
Nyanza Demographics
Average Nyanza Salary in
South Africa
R 116,784
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Nyanza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyanza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyanza occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyanza? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 119,350th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,892,378 people. Nyanza occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyanza are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Nyanza is also the 322,067th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 664 people.
The last name Nyanza is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 3,420 people, or 1 in 15,480. In Tanzania Nyanza is most frequent in: Simiyu Region, where 27 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 21 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania Nyanza exists in 13 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found and Uganda, where 3 percent are found.
Nyanza Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Nyanza earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.86% less than the national average, earning R 116,784 per year.
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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 Nyanza
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