Nyerere Surname

30,618th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,439 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nyerere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyerere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania11,8951:4,451610
Kenya3,3571:13,7561,691
Malawi8361:20,4773,173
Uganda5461:71,5017,893
Zimbabwe4761:32,4335,018
DR Congo2121:348,48930,654
Nigeria671:2,643,92285,652
United States191:19,076,786604,894
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England21:27,859,030389,889
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Dominica11:75,891912
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Nyerere (2,736) may also be a first name.

Nyerere Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nyerere Come From? nationality or country of origin

Nyerere is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nyerere click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyerere? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 30,618th most commonly used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 417,888 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyerere reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Nyerere is also the 139,785th most widely held forename internationally, held by 2,736 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 11,895 people, or 1 in 4,451. In Tanzania Nyerere is most common in: Geita Region, where 23 percent are found, Simiyu Region, where 16 percent are found and Shinyanga Region, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this last name is found in 24 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 19 percent are found and Malawi, where 5 percent are found.

Nyerere Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

The amount Nyerere earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 63.12% less than the national average, earning R 87,648 per year and in United States they earn 2.49% less than the national average, earning $42,075 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nhyerere9313/
Nyereere935/
Hnyerere931/
Niyerere931/
Njerere861,643/
Nyirere86150/
Nherere86137/
Ngerere8669/
Nyerera8628/
Nierere867/
Nyerire863/
Neerere862/
Nyereri861/
Nawerere805/
Nnjerere801/
Njerera71110/
Ngereri7171/
Naurere7115/
Nairere717/
Niirere717/
Nyireri712/
Neerire711/
Noirere711/
Nyerira711/
Nyirera711/
Njereri711/
Nyireere672/
Neurerer671/
Naureure671/
Nyuyreri671/
Ngourere671/
Nawerera671/

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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
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  • 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 Nyerere
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