Niege Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Niege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Niege (263) may also be a first name.
Niege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niege Come From? nationality or country of origin
Niege is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Niege? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,587,209th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Niege live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Niege is also the 548,616th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 263 people.
Niege is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Niege is mostly found in: Benue, where 86 percent reside and Borno, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 17 percent reside and Colombia, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Niege
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