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 surname Nyeah is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nyeah.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyeah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 887,624th most numerous surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 24,051,307 people. The last name is primarily found 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 widely held first name in the world, held by 33 people.
It is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is borne by 282 people, or 1 in 15,633. In Liberia Nyeah is most frequent in: Grand Kru County, where 66 percent live, Maryland County, where 10 percent live and Grand Gedeh County, where 7 percent live. Apart from Liberia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 1 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 Nyeah
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