Family name Nyshanbay (Нышанбай 
, Нишанбаи , Нишанбаы ) , all around the world, is a rare last name. The cognomen Nyshanbay is characteristic of Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a rare surname, Kazakhstan, where it is a rare surname, and Russia, where it is a very rare surname. More prevalently, Nyshanbay is the forename as well as the last name.