Nyassa Surname
Approximately 1,616 people bear this surname
Nyassa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,186 | 1:17,512 | 2,395 |
| DR Congo | 404 | 1:182,870 | 18,550 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Nyassa (438) may also be a first name.
Nyassa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyassa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyassa occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyassa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nyassa is the 246,165th most widely held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 4,509,620 people. Nyassa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyassa live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 409,668th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 438 people.
Nyassa is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,186 people, or 1 in 17,512. In Cameroon Nyassa is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 86 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 10 percent are found and West Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 25 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Nyassa
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