Nyape Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Nyape Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 27 | 1:75,280 | 9,683 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nyape (153) may also be a first name.
Nyape Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyape Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyape is more commonly found in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyape? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,185,033rd most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyape live; 76 percent live in Southern Africa and 76 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 743,570th most prevalent given name at a global level It is held by 153 people.
The surname Nyape is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 75,280. In Lesotho Nyape is mostly found in: Maseru District, where 81 percent are found, Mokhotlong District, where 11 percent are found and Mohale's Hoek District, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Lesotho it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 11 percent are found and Nigeria, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'Nyape | 91 | 13 | / |
| Nyapey | 91 | 13 | / |
| Nyapie | 91 | 11 | / |
| Nyapeu | 91 | 10 | / |
| Nyapeh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nyapea | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nnyape | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nyapeet | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nayiape | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nyapi | 80 | 320 | / |
| Nyapa | 80 | 215 | / |
| Nyope | 80 | 69 | / |
| Gnape | 80 | 47 | / |
| Niape | 80 | 17 | / |
| Njape | 80 | 7 | / |
| Neape | 80 | 0 | / |
| Nyapid | 73 | 209 | / |
| Njaphe | 73 | 35 | / |
| Nyappi | 73 | 26 | / |
| Gnappe | 73 | 16 | / |
| Nihape | 73 | 12 | / |
| Nyopeh | 73 | 7 | / |
| Nyapio | 73 | 7 | / |
| Nyapay | 73 | 6 | / |
| Nyapoy | 73 | 5 | / |
| Niapeh | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nyappa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nyapoi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nyapha | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nyaphi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nyopey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Niapes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nyopet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nyoppe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngnape | 73 | 1 | / |
| Neapea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Neapeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Neapei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nyapai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gnapper | 67 | 28 | / |
| Gniaper | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ñape | 67 | 2 | / |
| Niapech | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyopieh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gnapihe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyapaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njapfes | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Yappy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Naiyapi | 67 | 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 Nyape
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