Nyenyema Surname
Approximately 372 people bear this surname
Nyenyema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 189 | 1:280,114 | 21,957 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
Nyenyema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyenyema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyenyema is found most in Tanzania. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nyenyema.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyenyema? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 766,190th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 19,590,177 people. The surname Nyenyema is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyenyema live; 51 percent live in East Africa and 51 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 189 people, or 1 in 280,114. In Tanzania Nyenyema is most common in: Morogoro Region, where 69 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 29 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Malawi, where 49 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyengema | 88 | 227 | / |
| Nyeneima | 88 | 4 | / |
| Nyinyema | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nyenyemo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nawenyema | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nnyeneima | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nneyeneima | 78 | 1 | / |
| Njenjema | 75 | 765 | / |
| Ngengema | 75 | 150 | / |
| Nyengemo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Niyoneema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gneneyoma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Noweneema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyianyiama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyinyime | 63 | 8 | / |
| Niesniemi | 59 | 21 | / |
| Naneama | 53 | 2 | / |
| Njinjima | 50 | 3 | / |
| Nounouma | 50 | 2 | / |
| Nainayma | 50 | 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 Nyenyema
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