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
Niye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﻴﻪ) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Niye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Niye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Niye is the 980,795th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 27,709,300 people. The last name Niye is mostly found in Africa, where 44 percent of Niye reside; 44 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 44 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 464,438th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 352 people.
The surname Niye is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 115 people, or 1 in 70,902. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Southern Highlands, where 82 percent live, Western Highlands, where 10 percent live and Bougainville, where 5 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea Niye exists in 12 countries. It also occurs 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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