Nipah Surname
Approximately 1,654 people bear this surname
Nipah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,316 | 1:20,532 | 2,529 |
| Indonesia | 182 | 1:726,644 | 56,012 |
| Malaysia | 70 | 1:421,346 | 21,816 |
| Philippines | 46 | 1:2,200,831 | 124,033 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Nipah (2,338) may also be a first name.
Nipah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nipah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nipah (Arabic: نيبه) is more commonly found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nipah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 241,541st most commonly held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 4,406,013 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Nipah live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nipah is also the 153,825th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 2,338 people.
The surname Nipah is most common in Ghana, where it is held by 1,316 people, or 1 in 20,532. Without taking into account Ghana it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 11 percent reside and Malaysia, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nipah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nipah in the Arabic language | ||
| نيبه | nybh | - |
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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 Nipah
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