Gyen Surname

1,044,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 240 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Gyen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gyen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1101:1,610,38960,100
India1011:7,594,707163,091
Slovakia121:444,70454,815
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Gyén (86) are calculated separately.

Gyen (135) may also be a first name.

Gyen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gyen (Marathi: ग्यॅन, Tibetan: དགེན་) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Gyén. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gyen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,044,719th most frequently held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 46 percent of Gyen reside; 46 percent reside in West Africa and 46 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 797,647th most widespread forename worldwide It is held by 135 people.

The last name Gyen is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 110 people, or 1 in 1,610,389. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Plateau, where 95 percent reside and Benue, where 5 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also common in India, where 42 percent reside and Slovakia, where 5 percent reside.

Gyen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gyen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gyen last name declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gyén9286/
Gyeni89646/
Geyen89515/
Gyene89183/
Gyoen89107/
Gyein8927/
Gyaen897/
Gyuen893/
Gyena892/
Gywen891/
Gyeon891/
Gyn8672/
Gyenei80353/
Gyeney8022/
Gyenai8012/
Gyenye802/
Wgyuen801/
Geyean801/
Gyenyi801/
Gyewon801/
Gyiien801/
Geyena801/
Geyuen801/
Gyan7533,128/
Gien75970/
Geyn75947/
Gein75914/
Gynn75630/
Gyne75251/
Gyun7573/
Gyni7554/
Gynu7536/
Gyon7532/
Gyna7523/
Gyin758/
Gywn757/
Gyno753/
Gyeneye732/
Gyani672,019/
Gyane671,253/
Geyne67505/
Gyana67486/
Gyóni67390/
Gyina67297/
Gieni67181/
Geyin67138/
Gyáni67107/
Geine6787/
Gyanu6780/
Geyno6777/
Giena6767/
Gynne6761/
Giene6761/
Gyánó6761/
Geyan6749/
Gyanó6746/
Gyoni6731/
Geijn6730/
Gyano6725/
Gyany6724/
Gyain6720/
Geina6720/
Gienu6719/
Gyann6718/
Gieon6716/
Gywnn6714/
Gyone6712/
Gyuni6712/
Giean679/
Gyune678/
Gyhne678/
Geyna677/
Gienn677/
Gyuun677/
Gyuna675/
Gynee674/
Geyun674/
Gynna674/
Gieen673/
Gyaan673/
Geini673/
Geyni673/
Geino673/
Gynnå673/
Gyine673/
Ginye672/
Giehn672/
Gienh672/
Gywan672/
Geion672/
Gynay672/
Gyona672/
Hgynh671/
Gynni671/
Gyunn671/
Geyon671/
Gyuan671/
Gyney671/
Gyuon671/
Gyány671/
Gyion671/
Gyono671/
Gynie671/
Gywon671/
Gieun670/
Gyoin670/

Gyen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gyen in the Marathi language
ग्यॅनgyena66.67
ग्येनgyena33.33
Gyen in the Tibetan language
དགེན་gen33.33
མགོན་gön14.81
གེ་ཡཱན་géyen11.11
དགོན་gön11.11
གེ་ཡན་géyen7.41
གེན་gen7.41
དགེམ་gem3.7
མགོན།gön3.7
གེའེན་gé'en3.7
གེ་ཡེན་géyen3.7

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gyen
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