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 more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Niye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 980,795th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 27,709,300 people. The last name Niye is primarily found in Africa, where 44 percent of Niye are found; 44 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 44 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Niye is also the 464,438th most commonly used given name on earth. It is borne by 352 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 115 people, or 1 in 70,902. In Papua New Guinea Niye is most common in: Southern Highlands, where 82 percent are found, Western Highlands, where 10 percent are found and Bougainville, where 5 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 41 percent are found and Indonesia, where 8 percent are found.
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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