Nyarara Surname

1,385,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nyarara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyarara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1281:413,60629,126
Zimbabwe201:771,91253,776
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693

Nyarara Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nyarara is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nyarara click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyarara? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,385,851st most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 46,123,708 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyarara are found; 87 percent are found in East Africa and 85 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Nyarara is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 128 people, or 1 in 413,606. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Mara Region, where 96 percent reside, Iringa Region, where 1 percent reside and Shinyanga Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 13 percent reside and Kenya, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyararai93244/
Nyarahara881/
Nharara86239/
Njarara8617/
Nyarare8616/
Nyarari8610/
Nyarora861/
Nyararo861/
Nyarario804/
Nyaraare801/
Njarari7189/
Nyarori7168/
Nyaroro7128/
Nyarore711/
Nharare711/
Njorarai671/
Nyarorit671/
Nhararoi671/
Njarzary671/
Neharotra6348/
Nyororo57498/
Nyorora575/
Nyororit532/
Gnaroury531/

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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 Nyarara
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