Nyige Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Nyige Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 66 | 1:699,695 | 30,103 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nyige (10) may also be a first name.
Nyige Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyige Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyige occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyige? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,273,756th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyige are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread forename worldwide. It is borne by 10 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 699,695. In Kenya Nyige is most common in: Bomet County, where 86 percent live and Kericho County, where 14 percent live. Besides Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 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 Nyige
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