Nyelah Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Nyelah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Nyelah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyelah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyelah occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyelah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nyelah is the 4,772,636th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. Nyelah is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Nyelah reside; 82 percent reside in Central Africa and 82 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon Nyelah is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent reside. Barring Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 12 percent reside and Nigeria, where 6 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
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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
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