Nyeji Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Nyeji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 158 | 1:335,074 | 25,051 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nyeji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyeji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyeji is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nyeji.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyeji? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,364,059th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. The surname Nyeji occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyeji live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 335,074. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Mwanza Region, where 92 percent reside, Geita Region, where 3 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 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 Nyeji
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