Nankyer Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Nankyer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 56 | 1:3,163,264 | 96,723 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
Nankyer (2,801) may also be a first name.
Nankyer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nankyer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nankyer occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nankyer? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nankyer is the 2,555,468th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Nankyer live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 137,840th most common given name at a global level. It is borne by 2,801 people.
The surname Nankyer is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 3,163,264. In Nigeria Nankyer is primarily found in: Plateau, where 75 percent live, Kaduna, where 14 percent live and Nasarawa, where 5 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Mongolia, where 2 percent live.
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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 Nankyer
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