Nueh Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Nueh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nueh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia251:1,179,76951,323
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Nueh (53) may also be a first name.

Nueh Last Name Facts

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

Nueh has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nueh? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nueh is the 2,776,799th most common family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 59 percent of Nueh reside; 57 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 55 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,366,219th most commonly held given name on earth. It is borne by 53 people.

The surname is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 1,179,769. In Malaysia Nueh is mostly found in: Sabah, where 56 percent live, Sarawak, where 40 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 4 percent live. Barring Malaysia it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 12 percent live and Liberia, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nhueh891/
Nue861,382/
Nuuh751,172/
Nnue752/
Nhue751/
Nie571,701,671/
Nuu57477/
Nüh571/
Nühs5050/
Nüth5011/
Nnie505/
Hnuu503/
Nnuu503/
Hnie502/
Nhuu501/
Nieș501/
Nhie501/

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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 Nueh
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