Nyanah Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Nyanah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 175 | 1:1,012,244 | 42,687 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nyanah (203) may also be a first name.
Nyanah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyanah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyanah is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyanah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nyanah is the 1,218,745th most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 37,955,968 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyanah reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 635,584th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 203 people.
The surname Nyanah is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 175 people, or 1 in 1,012,244. In Nigeria Nyanah is most numerous in: Akwa Ibom, where 75 percent reside, Cross River, where 12 percent reside and Lagos, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 7 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Nyanah
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