Nyakpan Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Nyakpan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Nyakpan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyakpan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyakpan is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nyakpan.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyakpan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nyakpan is the 6,723,624th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyakpan live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Liberia, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 629,791. In Liberia Nyakpan is most common in: Montserrado County, where 71 percent live, Lofa County, where 14 percent live and Margibi County, where 14 percent live. Other than Liberia it occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 13 percent live.
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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 Nyakpan
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