Nyaoro Surname

438,351st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 782 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nyaoro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyaoro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6681:69,1326,588
Tanzania871:608,52437,695
Uganda201:1,951,96463,898
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nyaoro (20) may also be a first name.

Nyaoro Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyaoro is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyaoro? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 438,351st most common last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 9,319,112 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyaoro live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Nyaoro is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 20 people.

This surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 668 people, or 1 in 69,132. In Kenya Nyaoro is most prevalent in: Nairobi County, where 42 percent are found, Kisumu County, where 16 percent are found and Homa Bay County, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Kenya Nyaoro exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 11 percent are found and Uganda, where 3 percent are found.

Nyaoro Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Nyaoro surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyahoro92152/
Nyajoro92101/
Nyaora83163/
Nyauro8391/
Nyooro831/
Nyahora77732/
Nyahuro7726/
Niaouro774/
Gnaouro771/
Nyajora771/
Nyohuro771/
Njaouro771/
Gnaourou719/
Nyaura67261/
Gnahourou6713/
Niahourou671/
Gnoarou6228/
Nyahura624/
Nyohora621/
Njahuro621/
Nhahora621/
Nihaora621/
Gnouarou571/
Gnoharou571/
Nyajjura571/
Gnohourou537/
Naiyauras531/
Niaura50187/
Nyoura502/
Njoara501/

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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 Nyaoro
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