Nyawire Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Nyawire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 78 | 1:592,050 | 27,720 |
| Uganda | 46 | 1:848,680 | 39,357 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nyawire Demographics
Nyawire Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nyawire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyawire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyawire is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyawire? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,581,912th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. The last name Nyawire occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyawire reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 592,050. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Migori County, where 82 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 12 percent reside and Bomet County, where 1 percent reside. Barring Kenya this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 36 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside.
Nyawire Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyahwire | 93 | 18 | / |
| Nyawaire | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nyamwirre | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nyawira | 86 | 25,704 | / |
| Nyawere | 86 | 5,993 | / |
| Nyawiri | 86 | 302 | / |
| Nyabire | 86 | 6 | / |
| Nyaweere | 80 | 22 | / |
| Nyambire | 80 | 22 | / |
| Nyahwiri | 80 | 16 | / |
| Nyamwere | 80 | 5 | / |
| Nyamwiri | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nyanwira | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nyaabire | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nyabaire | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nyahwere | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nyaweiri | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nyombaire | 75 | 19 | / |
| Nyachwere | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nyawera | 71 | 398 | / |
| Nyabiri | 71 | 294 | / |
| Njawiri | 71 | 236 | / |
| Nyabere | 71 | 212 | / |
| Nyavira | 71 | 186 | / |
| Njabire | 71 | 42 | / |
| Nyavure | 71 | 11 | / |
| Nyaviri | 71 | 7 | / |
| Nyewere | 71 | 5 | / |
| Nyaweri | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nyawuri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nhavire | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyauira | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyambere | 67 | 841 | / |
| Nyambiri | 67 | 275 | / |
| Nyamvere | 67 | 17 | / |
| Nyavhiri | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nyamweri | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nyamvure | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nyaabiri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyanviri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyamwery | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nyawire
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