Nguiya Surname
Approximately 222 people bear this surname
Nguiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 140 | 1:148,350 | 16,370 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Congo | 21 | 1:237,576 | 8,534 |
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Nguiya (97) may also be a first name.
Nguiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nguiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nguiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻜﻴﻪ) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nguiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,101,507th most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 32,826,783 people. The last name Nguiya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nguiya are found; 93 percent are found in Central Africa and 87 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 962,660th most frequently occurring given name worldwide, borne by 97 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 148,350. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 42 percent are found, Centre Region, where 34 percent are found and East Region, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 22 percent are found and The Congo, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nguiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nguiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﻜﻴﻪ | ankyh | 40 |
| ﺍﻧﻜﻴﺎ | ankya | 40 |
| ﺍﻧﻜﻲ | anky | 10 |
| ﺃﻧﻜﻴﻪ | ankyh | 10 |
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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 Nguiya
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