Nyayo Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Nyayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 94 | 1:491,276 | 25,271 |
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nyayo (248) may also be a first name.
Nyayo Demographics
Nyayo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nyayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyayo occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyayo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,434,893rd most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyayo live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nyayo is also the 566,287th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 248 people.
Nyayo is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 491,276. In Kenya Nyayo is most common in: Kitui County, where 76 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 10 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Kenya Nyayo exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 22 percent reside and Uganda, where 12 percent reside.
Nyayo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Nyayo surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Nyayo
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