Enyah Surname
Approximately 247 people bear this surname
Enyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 123 | 1:1,440,185 | 55,603 |
| Cameroon | 89 | 1:233,360 | 23,225 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
Enyah (298) may also be a first name.
Enyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Enyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Enyah has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Enyah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,022,958th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. Enyah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Enyah are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 510,666th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 298 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 1,440,185. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 48 percent are found, Kogi, where 28 percent are found and Rivers, where 9 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 36 percent are found and Indonesia, where 13 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 Enyah
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