Nyirika Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Nyirika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 167 | 1:317,016 | 24,066 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
Nyirika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyirika Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyirika is most common in Tanzania. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyirika? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nyirika is the 1,290,735th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyirika reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 167 people, or 1 in 317,016. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Morogoro Region, where 67 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 33 percent live. Other than Tanzania this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in South Sudan, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Njirika | 86 | 294 | / |
| Nyerika | 86 | 5 | / |
| Nierika | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nyiriki | 86 | 1 | / |
| Njiriko | 71 | 160 | / |
| Njerika | 71 | 14 | / |
| Ngerika | 71 | 9 | / |
| Nyereka | 71 | 4 | / |
| Njireka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Njirike | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nieriker | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nyerikip | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nijerica | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niericker | 63 | 15 | / |
| Nyerekoha | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ngereka | 57 | 364 | / |
| Njereka | 57 | 187 | / |
| Njerike | 57 | 4 | / |
| Niereke | 57 | 2 | / |
| Nyereko | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ngeriki | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nyereke | 57 | 1 | / |
| Njerekai | 53 | 29 | / |
| Njerekha | 53 | 9 | / |
| Nierzecki | 50 | 5 | / |
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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 Nyirika
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