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.

DNA test information

Nyark Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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 occurs in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nyark click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyark? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nyark is the 5,057,639th most frequently held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Nyark live; 47 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most widely held in Ghana, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 6,755,173. Other than Ghana this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent live and Cameroon, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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
  • 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 Nyark
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