Nimeya Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Nimeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Nimeya (25) may also be a first name.
Nimeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nimeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nimeya (Hindi: निमेया, Marathi: िनमेया, Oriya: ନିେମୟା) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nimeya.
How Common Is The Last Name Nimeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nimeya is the 5,587,209th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Nimeya are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nimeya is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 25 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Nimeya is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 33 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nimeya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nimeya in the Hindi language | ||
| निमेया | nimeya | - |
| Nimeya in the Oriya language | ||
| ନିେମୟା | niemaya | - |
| Nimeya in the Marathi language | ||
| िनमेया | inameya | - |
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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 Nimeya
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