Nyangen Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Nyangen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nyangen (25) may also be a first name.
Nyangen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyangen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyangen has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nyangen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyangen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nyangen is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Nyangen reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most numerous first name on earth, held by 25 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria Nyangen is primarily found in: Benue, where 95 percent live and Taraba, where 5 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Nyangen exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 25 percent live and South Africa, where 4 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 Nyangen
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