Nyome Surname
Approximately 497 people bear this surname
Nyome Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 416 | 1:127,263 | 11,974 |
| Zimbabwe | 41 | 1:376,542 | 34,729 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nyome (43) may also be a first name.
Nyome Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyome Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyome occurs most in Tanzania. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyome? popularity and diffusion
Nyome is the 618,896th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,663,070 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nyome live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nyome is also the 1,545,828th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 43 people.
The surname Nyome is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 416 people, or 1 in 127,263. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Njombe Region, where 75 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 22 percent reside and Zanzibar Urban West Region, where 2 percent reside. Beside Tanzania Nyome is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 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 Nyome
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