Nyilak Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Nyilak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 155 | 1:251,866 | 18,680 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Nyilak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyilak Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyilak is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyilak? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nyilak is the 1,398,030th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 46,715,038 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyilak reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 81 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Nyilak is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is carried by 155 people, or 1 in 251,866. In Uganda Nyilak is primarily found in: Nebbi District, where 70 percent are found, Buliisa District, where 16 percent are found and Zombo District, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Uganda it exists in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Nyilak
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