Nyishima Surname
Approximately 497 people bear this surname
Nyishima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 496 | 1:357,143 | 19,221 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nyishima (246) may also be a first name.
Nyishima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyishima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyishima occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nyishima.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyishima? popularity and diffusion
Nyishima is the 618,896th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 14,663,070 people. The last name Nyishima occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyishima are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 569,299th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 246 people.
The surname Nyishima is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 496 people, or 1 in 357,143. In Nigeria Nyishima is most frequent in: Benue, where 86 percent live, Plateau, where 4 percent live and Taraba, where 3 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyhishima | 94 | 1 | / |
| Nyieshima | 94 | 1 | / |
| Nyeshima | 88 | 2 | / |
| Niyoshima | 82 | 9 | / |
| Niisima | 80 | 16 | / |
| Nyisime | 80 | 6 | / |
| Nyisimo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nyizima | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nyisimy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Niichima | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nyiesema | 75 | 1 | / |
| Njeshimma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nihishimo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyezima | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyesema | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nieseimo | 63 | 27 | / |
| Nyuysimo | 63 | 5 | / |
| Niechema | 63 | 1 | / |
| Niyosema | 63 | 1 | / |
| Niessime | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nyeseme | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nyuysemo | 50 | 55 | / |
| Ngeshemi | 50 | 4 | / |
| Ngessimi | 50 | 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 Nyishima
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