Nyika Surname

25,248th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,367 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Nyika Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyika Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe11,6161:1,32967
Tanzania4,6671:11,3441,481
Malawi2,0651:8,2901,269
Zambia1,5811:10,0251,164
Romania3031:66,2647,964
Kenya2651:174,26413,206
Uganda2561:152,49713,471
Hungary1881:52,2145,547
South Africa1011:536,41342,583
England991:562,80934,447
Botswana441:49,7039,263
Nigeria441:4,025,972113,480
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Cameroon221:944,04961,779
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648

Nyika (3,768) may also be a first name.

Nyika Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyika is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyika? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 25,248th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 341,065 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Nyika live; 72 percent live in Southern Africa and 72 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Nyika is also the 114,669th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 3,768 people.

This last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 11,616 people, or 1 in 1,329. In Zimbabwe Nyika is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 20 percent reside, Harare Province, where 18 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name is found in 35 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 22 percent reside and Malawi, where 10 percent reside.

Nyika Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Nyika last name is principally Christian (83%) in Kenya.

The amount Nyika earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 90.79% more than the national average, earning R 453,396 per year and in United States they earn 32.21% less than the national average, earning $29,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Nehika737/
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Nyoica731/
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Ngeika731/
Gnieka731/
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Niezkaz6711/
Njuikap6711/
Gniecka675/
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Naayiko673/
Naayiki673/
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Nieckaś671/
Nieckaj671/
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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 Nyika
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