Enyam Surname

282,966th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,362 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Enyam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Enyam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,0941:161,92210,135
Cameroon2371:87,63310,590
Indonesia221:6,011,327267,290
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Enyam (303) may also be a first name.

Enyam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Enyam Come From? nationality or country of origin

Enyam (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻡ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Enyam? popularity and diffusion

The last name Enyam is the 282,966th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,350,621 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Enyam are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Enyam is also the 505,965th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 303 people.

The surname Enyam is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,094 people, or 1 in 161,922. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Cross River, where 90 percent are found, Lagos, where 3 percent are found and Kaduna, where 2 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Enyam exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 17 percent are found and Indonesia, where 2 percent are found.

Enyam Last Name Statistics demography

Enyam earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 16.31% less than the national average, earning 289,623 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yenyam914/
Henyam913/
Genyam912/
Eenyam911/
Enjyam911/
Jenjyam833/
Yenyame831/
Ennyame831/
Henyham830/
Inyam80619/
Enjam80272/
Eniam8023/
Eneam8023/
Enham8018/
Egnam8010/
Enyom808/
Henham73253/
Yenjam7346/
Eniame7333/
Yegnam7321/
Engnam7320/
Enjame7314/
Jenjam7311/
Eenjam736/
Egname734/
Enoyom734/
Ginyam734/
Engeam732/
Inhyam732/
Geniam731/
Enniam731/
Yeniam731/
Enayom731/
Eaneam731/
Einjam731/
Yonyam731/
Genyom731/
Engiam731/
Inyaam731/
Heneam731/
Heniam730/
Inyham730/
Yenham730/
Ehinyameh7140/
Engeham6769/
Enjaume6715/
Enjaime675/
Hiinyam675/
Heneham674/
Jeenjam671/
Eingeam671/
Engnamm671/
Heunjam671/
Yenjeam671/
Yenjham671/
Hemniam671/
Enniham670/
Heenham670/

Enyam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Enyam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻡanyam-

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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
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  • 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 Enyam
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