Nyeah Surname
Approximately 303 people bear this surname
Nyeah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 282 | 1:15,633 | 1,633 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Nyeah (33) may also be a first name.
Nyeah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyeah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyeah is found most frequently in Liberia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyeah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 887,624th most widespread surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 24,051,307 people. Nyeah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyeah reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most commonly occurring given name in the world, borne by 33 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is carried by 282 people, or 1 in 15,633. In Liberia Nyeah is mostly concentrated in: Grand Kru County, where 66 percent reside, Maryland County, where 10 percent reside and Grand Gedeh County, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Liberia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Nyeah
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