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
Nyatta is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyatta? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 921,780th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 25,392,146 people. The surname Nyatta is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyatta are found; 84 percent are found in East Africa and 84 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 162 people, or 1 in 285,061. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Taita Taveta County, where 94 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 2 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 1 percent reside. Barring Kenya this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 25 percent reside and Cameroon, where 10 percent reside.
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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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