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
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Nya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nya (Bengali: ন্যা, Hindi: न्या) is most common in Cameroon. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nya.
How Common Is The Last Name Nya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 30,061st most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 409,804 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Nya are found; 51 percent are found in Central Africa and 50 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 79,536th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 6,739 people.
The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 8,961 people, or 1 in 2,318. In Cameroon Nya is most common in: Littoral Region, where 35 percent reside, Centre Region, where 34 percent reside and West Region, where 15 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in 63 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 29 percent reside and Liberia, where 4 percent reside.
Nya Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Nya has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Nya surname expanded 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 national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political 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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