Nyatta Surname
Approximately 287 people bear this surname
Nyatta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 162 | 1:285,061 | 18,491 |
| Tanzania | 72 | 1:735,300 | 41,343 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Burkina Faso | 13 | 1:1,411,700 | 12,072 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Nyatta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyatta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyatta is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyatta? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 921,780th most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 25,392,146 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyatta live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Nyatta is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 162 people, or 1 in 285,061. In Kenya it is most common in: Taita Taveta County, where 94 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 2 percent are found and Bungoma County, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 25 percent are found and Cameroon, where 10 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 Nyatta
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