Nyira Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Nyira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Uganda | 41 | 1:952,178 | 42,125 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nyira (95) may also be a first name.
Nyira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyira occurs most in The DR Congo. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nyira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,359,010th most common last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 44,708,871 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nyira live; 59 percent live in Central Africa and 59 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Nyira is also the 974,243rd most commonly used forename on earth, borne by 95 people.
This last name is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 769,579. Not including The DR Congo this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 25 percent reside and Nigeria, where 10 percent reside.
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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 Nyira
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