Nyezi Surname

278,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,392 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Nyezi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyezi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,3551:39,9845,131
Zimbabwe321:482,44540,356
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nyezi (22) may also be a first name.

Nyezi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyezi is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyezi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 278,072nd most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,235,306 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyezi live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Nyezi is also the 2,301,746th most common forename at a global level, borne by 22 people.

The surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,355 people, or 1 in 39,984. In South Africa Nyezi is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 46 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 19 percent are found and Gauteng, where 18 percent are found. Not including South Africa Nyezi exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.

Nyezi Last Name Statistics demography

Nyezi earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.66% less than the national average, earning R 171,900 per year.

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Nawezi732,202/
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Nayzghi673/
Nieczit672/
N'Ayeji671/
Nowedzi671/
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Noyesie671/
Nauyesi671/
Nayicei671/
Naweezi671/
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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 Nyezi
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