Nyapera Surname

1,025,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Nyapera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nyapera Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2411:191,61814,201
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Nyapera Demographics

Nyapera Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 9 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Nyapera Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nyapera is found most frequently in Kenya. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyapera? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,025,894th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 29,624,170 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyapera reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 241 people, or 1 in 191,618. In Kenya Nyapera is primarily found in: Kakamega County, where 96 percent reside, Vihiga County, where 2 percent reside and Busia County, where 0 percent reside. Other than Kenya this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.

Nyapera Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyapira8637/
Nyapere8623/
Nyaperi862/
Nyapfere80227/
Njopera71270/
Nyapiri7131/
Nhapira7116/
Niapira711/
Nyopira711/
Gnapere711/
Neaphery671/
Nyapirie671/
Ñauperi571/
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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 Nyapera
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