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 carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyelo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nyelo is the 628,294th most frequent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 14,964,160 people. Nyelo is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Nyelo live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nyelo is also the 2,239,265th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 23 people.
It is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 389 people, or 1 in 136,097. In Tanzania Nyelo is mostly found in: Tanga Region, where 96 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent are found and Pwani Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found and Indonesia, where 5 percent are found.
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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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