Nieba Surname
Approximately 1,076 people bear this surname
Nieba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 841 | 1:14,071 | 397 |
| Argentina | 83 | 1:514,981 | 37,804 |
| Ivory Coast | 77 | 1:299,626 | 11,268 |
| Brazil | 21 | 1:10,194,016 | 213,214 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| Taiwan | 12 | 1:1,953,729 | 12,642 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Ñieba (10), Nïeba (9) & Niéba (1) are calculated separately.
Nieba (655) may also be a first name.
Nieba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nieba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nieba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﻴﺒﺎ) is found most in Guinea. It can appear as a variant: Ñieba, Nïeba or Niéba. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nieba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 341,330th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,772,812 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Nieba live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 324,429th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 655 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Guinea, where it is held by 841 people, or 1 in 14,071. In Guinea Nieba is primarily found in: Nzérékoré Region, where 67 percent reside, Kankan Region, where 21 percent reside and Conakry Region, where 11 percent reside. Barring Guinea Nieba occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 8 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nieba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nieba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﻴﺒﺎ | nyba | - |
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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 Nieba
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