Nguyễn Surname

1,133,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 213 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda

Nguyễn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nguyễn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States621:5,846,112285,490
France341:1,953,609166,012
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Japan111:11,622,20845,659
England71:7,959,723202,100
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
South Korea61:8,540,0431,433
Cambodia61:2,581,1918,069
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Laos41:1,647,081888
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Tonga11:107,313791
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Nguyễn (47) may also be a first name.

Nguyễn Last Name Facts

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

Nguyễn is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nguyễn? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,133,308th most common family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 34,213,831 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 31 percent of Nguyễn are found; 30 percent are found in North America and 28 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Nguyễn is also the 1,467,136th most widely held given name at a global level, borne by 47 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 5,846,112. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 29 percent live, Georgia, where 8 percent live and District of Columbia, where 6 percent live. Other than The United States this surname is found in 33 countries. It is also found in France, where 16 percent live and Australia, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nguyn9112,426/
Ngueyn8319,965/
Nguyne831,165/
Nguygn8317/
Nguysen771/
Nguycen771/
Ngoyn7316/
Ngeyn733/
Ngyne731/
Ngueygne711/
Nguene672,067/
Nguine6767/
Ngysen672/
Ngayng671/
Nguenh671/
Nguein671/
Nguean671/
Nguitn671/
Ngayne671/

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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 Nguyễn
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