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
The last name Nyome occurs most in Tanzania. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyome? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 618,896th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 14,663,070 people. Nyome occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nyome live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 43 people.
Nyome is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 416 people, or 1 in 127,263. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Njombe Region, where 75 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 22 percent are found and Zanzibar Urban West Region, where 2 percent are found. Beside Tanzania it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
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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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