Niye Surname
Approximately 263 people bear this surname
Niye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 115 | 1:70,902 | 9,258 |
| Nigeria | 108 | 1:1,640,211 | 60,875 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Niye (352) may also be a first name.
Niye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Niye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﻴﻪ) is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Niye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Niye is the 980,795th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,709,300 people. The surname Niye is primarily found in Africa, where 44 percent of Niye live; 44 percent live in Oceania Islands and 44 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 464,438th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 352 people.
Niye is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 115 people, or 1 in 70,902. In Papua New Guinea Niye is mostly found in: Southern Highlands, where 82 percent live, Western Highlands, where 10 percent live and Bougainville, where 5 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea Niye occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 41 percent live and Indonesia, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Niye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Niye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﻴﻪ | alnyh | 60 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﻲ | alny | 40 |
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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 Niye
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