Nyapi Surname

853,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 320 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nyapi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyapi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2261:234,25519,221
Cameroon461:451,50137,608
Uganda201:1,951,96463,898
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nyapi (273) may also be a first name.

Nyapi Last Name Facts

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

Nyapi (Russian: Няпи) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyapi? popularity and diffusion

Nyapi is the 853,416th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 22,773,581 people. The last name Nyapi is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Nyapi live; 77 percent live in East Africa and 76 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nyapi is also the 537,992nd most common given name globally It is held by 273 people.

The last name Nyapi is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 226 people, or 1 in 234,255. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Shinyanga Region, where 92 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 4 percent are found and Simiyu Region, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 14 percent are found and Uganda, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyapid91209/
Nyappi9126/
Nyapie9111/
Nyapio917/
Nyaphi912/
Nyapoi912/
Nyapai911/
Naiyapi831/
Gnapi801,705/
Nhapi80827/
Nyapa80215/
Nyape8038/
Njapi8036/
Nyopi8012/
Niapi803/
Neapi803/
Njapit73852/
Gnappi73119/
Niapis7322/
Nyopis7319/
Nihapi7318/
'Nyape7313/
Nyapey7313/
Nyapeu7310/
Njapai739/
Nyapay736/
Nyapoy735/
Nnyopi734/
Nyappa732/
Nyapha732/
Niapai732/
Njiapi731/
Nyapeh731/
Nyapea731/
Nnyape731/
Niappi731/
Neapai731/
Neapei731/
Nijapai674/
Nayiape671/
Nyopieh671/
Gnapihe671/
Nyapeet671/
Nyapaya671/
N'Yappy671/
Ngniapi671/

Nyapi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nyapi in the Russian language
Няпиnapi-

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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 Nyapi
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