Nyirasafari Surname
Approximately 6,469 people bear this surname
Nyirasafari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 3,411 | 1:3,332 | 821 |
| Uganda | 2,362 | 1:16,528 | 2,566 |
| DR Congo | 677 | 1:109,128 | 12,069 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Nyirasafari (183) may also be a first name.
Nyirasafari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyirasafari Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyirasafari is found most frequently in Rwanda. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyirasafari? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nyirasafari is the 75,825th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,126,534 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyirasafari live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nyirasafari is also the 673,127th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 183 people.
This surname is most numerous in Rwanda, where it is borne by 3,411 people, or 1 in 3,332. Other than Rwanda this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 37 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyirasafaari | 96 | 6 | / |
| Nyira Safari | 96 | 1 | / |
| Nyiarasafari | 96 | 1 | / |
| Nirasafari | 95 | 1 | / |
| Nyirasafar | 95 | 1 | / |
| Nyarasafari | 91 | 2 | / |
| Nyirisafari | 91 | 1 | / |
| Narasavar | 70 | 7 | / |
| Noorsfari | 70 | 1 | / |
| Nursafaroh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Narasavare | 67 | 1 | / |
| Naresavari | 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
- 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 Nyirasafari
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