Nya Surname
Approximately 17,783 people bear this surname
Nya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 8,961 | 1:2,318 | 253 |
| Nigeria | 5,108 | 1:34,679 | 2,833 |
| Liberia | 746 | 1:5,910 | 710 |
| Morocco | 716 | 1:48,151 | 7,863 |
| Cambodia | 654 | 1:23,681 | 1,386 |
| India | 381 | 1:2,013,295 | 68,939 |
| France | 235 | 1:282,650 | 43,409 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Indonesia | 127 | 1:1,041,332 | 75,890 |
| Kenya | 109 | 1:423,669 | 23,058 |
| United States | 95 | 1:3,815,357 | 209,650 |
| Malaysia | 52 | 1:567,197 | 27,732 |
| Belgium | 42 | 1:273,730 | 32,801 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Myanmar | 25 | 1:2,077,519 | 669 |
| Spain | 24 | 1:1,948,002 | 52,403 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| Burkina Faso | 16 | 1:1,147,006 | 10,865 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Iran | 5 | 1:15,356,505 | 213,424 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Nya (6,739) may also be a first name.
Nya Demographics
Average Nya Salary in
United States
$31,989 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nya (Bengali: ন্যা, Hindi: न्या) is most common in Cameroon. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 30,061st most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 409,804 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Nya reside; 51 percent reside in Central Africa and 50 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 79,536th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 6,739 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 8,961 people, or 1 in 2,318. In Cameroon Nya is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 35 percent are found, Centre Region, where 34 percent are found and West Region, where 15 percent are found. Besides Cameroon it occurs in 63 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 29 percent are found and Liberia, where 4 percent are found.
Nya Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Nya has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Nya surname grew 731 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Nya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Nya last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.
The amount Nya earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 16.81% less than the national average, earning R 197,700 per year and in United States they earn 25.86% less than the national average, earning $31,989 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nya in the Hindi language | ||
| न्या | n'ya | 99.46 |
| ंया | nya | 0.54 |
| Nya in the Bengali language | ||
| ন্যা | n'ya | 83.33 |
| কন্যা | kan'ya | 16.67 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Nya
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