Nanyang Surname

708,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 414 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nanyang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nanyang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2551:153,09513,502
Cameroon881:236,01223,423
Malaysia371:797,14136,924
China141:97,665,8265,141
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Nanyang (14,961) may also be a first name.

Nanyang Last Name Facts

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

Nanyang is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanyang? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 708,658th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 17,602,768 people. The surname Nanyang is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Nanyang are found; 63 percent are found in East Africa and 58 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Nanyang is also the 46,465th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 14,961 people.

The last name Nanyang is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 255 people, or 1 in 153,095. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Kaabong District, where 49 percent are found, Kotido District, where 27 percent are found and Amudat District, where 14 percent are found. Besides Uganda it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 21 percent are found and Malaysia, where 9 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
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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 Nanyang
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