Nyiura Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Nyiura Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Nyiura Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Nyiura Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nyiura Come From? nationality or country of origin

Nyiura occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyiura? popularity and diffusion

Nyiura is the 5,587,209th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyiura live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 1,403,476. In Zimbabwe Nyiura is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 82 percent are found, Bulawayo Province, where 9 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyeura83659/
Niyura831/
Nyehura773/
Nyajjura711/
Nieora67151/
Niyure672/
Gneoura628/
Ngehura621/
Nyehora621/
Nyajora621/
Neeyoure571/
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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 Nyiura
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