Nyandong Surname

749,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 383 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nyandong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyandong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon3431:60,5517,777
Malaysia241:1,228,92653,021
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397

Nyandong Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nyandong is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyandong? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nyandong is the 749,861st most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,027,535 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Nyandong reside; 89 percent reside in Central Africa and 84 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

Nyandong is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 343 people, or 1 in 60,551. In Cameroon Nyandong is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 36 percent live, Northwest Region, where 30 percent live and Southwest Region, where 12 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 6 percent live and Kenya, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyandang88954/
Nyandung8826/
Nyondong883/
Niandong881/
Nyaandang821/
Njiandong821/
Nyamdung7515/
Njamdong751/
Nyamdang751/
Gnandang751/
Njandang751/
Njondong751/
Niandang751/
Ngeandang711/
Njiondong711/
Njandounke6753/
Ngeondoung671/
Njatndounke631/
Niamdang504/

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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 Nyandong
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