Nyark Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Liberia

Nyark Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyark Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
England11:55,718,059489,080
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Nyark Last Name Facts

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

Nyark is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyark? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,057,639th most commonly held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. Nyark occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Nyark are found; 47 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Nyark is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 6,755,173. Besides Ghana it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent reside and Cameroon, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyarks9154/
Nyarek912/
Nyork8021/
Nyarg801/
Najork73140/
Nyareg733/
Niarke732/
Gnarke732/
N'Yarg731/
Nyorke731/
Noyork731/
Neuyork671/
N'Yargh671/
N'Yargue626/
Njork6069/
Niarg602/
Gnork601/
Nayorg554/
Najjarc504/

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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 Nyark
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