Nyelo Surname
Approximately 487 people bear this surname
Nyelo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 389 | 1:136,097 | 12,619 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Nyelo (23) may also be a first name.
Nyelo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyelo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyelo is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyelo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nyelo is the 628,294th most widespread surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 14,964,160 people. The last name Nyelo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Nyelo are found; 81 percent are found in East Africa and 80 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Nyelo is also the 2,239,265th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 23 people.
This last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 389 people, or 1 in 136,097. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Tanga Region, where 96 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent live and Pwani Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 percent live.
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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 Nyelo
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