Nimian Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Nimian Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nimian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso551:333,6755,644
Papua New Guinea311:263,02335,917
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nimian (214) may also be a first name.

Nimian Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nimian (Oriya: ନିମିଆଁ) occurs most in Burkina Faso. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nimian? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,994,173rd most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Nimian reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nimian is also the 617,781st most frequently used forename worldwide, held by 214 people.

This last name is most common in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 333,675. In Burkina Faso Nimian is mostly concentrated in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 69 percent are found, Centre Region, where 15 percent are found and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 15 percent are found. Other than Burkina Faso Nimian exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 35 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Naimian92845/
Gnimian92128/
Nimijan9210/
Nimijean8616/
Nemian8310/
Nimiam8310/
Nimjan832/
Numian831/
Nimean831/
N'Gnimian801/
Nesmian7745/
Gnimion7722/
Najmian777/
Nimiong774/
Nimehan773/
Naimjan772/
Hnumian771/
Ngimjan771/
Neumian771/
Nimyane771/
Nemayian71401/
Nimijohn7116/
Numjan6724/
Nimyon6719/
Nimyam678/
Nimeon671/
Nimjam671/
Naimionova631/
Neamjan6244/
Nemione629/
Neumjan621/
Neimyam621/
Nemeșan621/
Nemgean621/
Nemihon620/
Nemaiyan571/
Nehemiam571/
Nemyanova531/
Numjon5013/
Naimjonova502/
Nymeon501/

Nimian Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nimian in the Oriya language
ନିମିଆଁnimi'am-

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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 Nimian
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