Nyarusa Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Nyarusa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 109 | 1:423,669 | 23,058 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nyarusa (41) may also be a first name.
Nyarusa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyarusa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyarusa is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyarusa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,691,963rd most frequently held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Nyarusa live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nyarusa is also the 1,590,275th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 41 people.
The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 423,669. In Kenya Nyarusa is most common in: Nyamira County, where 67 percent live, Kisii County, where 31 percent live and Kericho County, where 1 percent live. Not including Kenya it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
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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 Nyarusa
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