Numya Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Numya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Numya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon141:1,483,50583,777
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Numya (12) may also be a first name.

Numya Last Name Facts

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

Numya is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Numya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,116,508th most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Numya is primarily found in Africa, where 61 percent of Numya reside; 61 percent reside in Central Africa and 61 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Numya is also the 3,306,491st most numerous given name throughout the world. It is borne by 12 people.

The last name Numya is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Cameroon Numya exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 35 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngumya918/
Numyah911/
Noumya911/
Numyaa911/
Numaiya831/
Numyayi831/
Numea8057/
Numja8022/
Nimya8015/
Numia8013/
Nomya803/
Naumia7378/
Noumia7328/
Numgia7321/
Naumea736/
Ngumia735/
Numjai734/
Nomyaa734/
Numeah734/
Numyoo733/
Neumea732/
Noumea731/
Numyoh731/
Nummea731/
Numiat731/
Numgea731/
Numiah731/
Ngumyo731/
Nimmya731/
Nimaiya679/
Nimmyea675/
Naumyoo671/
Ngoumyo671/
Noumiah671/

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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 Numya
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