Nyona Surname
Approximately 465 people bear this surname
Nyona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 365 | 1:126,520 | 10,465 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Nyona (150) may also be a first name.
Nyona Demographics
Nyona Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nyona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyona has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyona? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 650,013th most prevalent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,672,142 people. The surname Nyona is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Nyona reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 79 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 752,187th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 150 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 365 people, or 1 in 126,520. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 94 percent live, Kiambu County, where 2 percent live and Nairobi County, where 2 percent live. Other than Kenya this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
Nyona Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Nyona last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Nyona
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