Nyapan Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Nyapan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyapan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia81:551,06725,208
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Nyapan (36) may also be a first name.

Nyapan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nyapan is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nyapan.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyapan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,587,209th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Nyapan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Nyapan are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 36 people.

Nyapan is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 551,067. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Montserrado County, where 63 percent live, Grand Gedeh County, where 13 percent live and River Gee County, where 13 percent live. Excluding Liberia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 17 percent live and Ethiopia, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyapaan921/
Nyahpan921/
Nyapaune861/
Nyapon837/
Nyopan833/
Gnapan832/
Niapan831/
Nyauupane8011/
Nyaaupane803/
Niapane775/
Nijapan771/
Nyapeun771/
Njapang771/
Neaphan770/
Ngnapang711/
Niopan6743/
Njapon6718/
Nyopon673/
Nyapom672/
Gnapon672/
Neopan672/
Njapam671/
Njopan671/
Niapon671/
Nhapam671/

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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 Nyapan
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