Nyika Surname
Approximately 21,367 people bear this surname
Nyika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 11,616 | 1:1,329 | 67 |
| Tanzania | 4,667 | 1:11,344 | 1,481 |
| Malawi | 2,065 | 1:8,290 | 1,269 |
| Zambia | 1,581 | 1:10,025 | 1,164 |
| Romania | 303 | 1:66,264 | 7,964 |
| Kenya | 265 | 1:174,264 | 13,206 |
| Uganda | 256 | 1:152,497 | 13,471 |
| Hungary | 188 | 1:52,214 | 5,547 |
| South Africa | 101 | 1:536,413 | 42,583 |
| England | 99 | 1:562,809 | 34,447 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Nyika (3,768) may also be a first name.
Nyika Demographics
Nyika Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
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.
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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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