Nyigo Surname
Approximately 1,668 people bear this surname
Nyigo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,659 | 1:31,912 | 3,770 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nyigo (22) may also be a first name.
Nyigo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyigo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyigo is most common in Tanzania. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Nyigo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyigo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 239,952nd most widely held surname globally, held by around 1 in 4,369,032 people. The surname Nyigo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyigo live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nyigo is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used given name world-wide, held by 22 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,659 people, or 1 in 31,912. In Tanzania Nyigo is most numerous in: Iringa Region, where 58 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 13 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 8 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyingo | 91 | 1,118 | / |
| Nyigot | 91 | 15 | / |
| Nyiego | 91 | 5 | / |
| Nyigoh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nyigho | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nyiogho | 83 | 11 | / |
| Nyigohe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nyingho | 83 | 1 | / |
| N'Yigou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nahyigo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Niego | 80 | 896 | / |
| Nyiga | 80 | 257 | / |
| Nhigo | 80 | 160 | / |
| Njigo | 80 | 92 | / |
| Niigo | 80 | 15 | / |
| Nyego | 80 | 9 | / |
| Nyinghuo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nyengo | 73 | 2,626 | / |
| Nyinga | 73 | 1,437 | / |
| Niegos | 73 | 1,351 | / |
| Njingo | 73 | 515 | / |
| Niengo | 73 | 275 | / |
| Niingo | 73 | 261 | / |
| Niegot | 73 | 108 | / |
| Njigou | 73 | 60 | / |
| Njiogo | 73 | 28 | / |
| Nihigo | 73 | 5 | / |
| Nyiega | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nyigaa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Niigoz | 73 | 4 | / |
| Niegou | 73 | 3 | / |
| Niegho | 73 | 2 | / |
| Niegoa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngiigo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nyigha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nyegho | 73 | 1 | / |
| Niegoć | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nnyiga | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njyego | 73 | 1 | / |
| Niyogo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nahyingho | 71 | 1 | / |
| Njingou | 67 | 429 | / |
| N'Yengo | 67 | 103 | / |
| Niegosz | 67 | 62 | / |
| Nyenggo | 67 | 24 | / |
| Naayiga | 67 | 18 | / |
| Nahyiga | 67 | 14 | / |
| Njigouh | 67 | 10 | / |
| Niegous | 67 | 4 | / |
| Niegoth | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ngiingo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Najjigo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nyingah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Njiogho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njingoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njjingo | 67 | 1 | / |
| N'Yegou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyinnga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyengho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niengou | 67 | 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
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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 Nyigo
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