Nygh Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Nygh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nygh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Nygh Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nygh occurs most in The Netherlands. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nygh? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Nygh occurs mostly in Europe, where 57 percent of Nygh reside; 57 percent reside in Western Europe and 57 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 1,407,265. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 92 percent are found and North Holland, where 8 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 29 percent are found and Cameroon, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyogh891/
Nyg8613/
Nigh752,852/
Neyg75123/
Nyog7519/
Negh758/
Nykh754/
Nyhc752/
Nyhg752/
Hnyg751/
Nygg751/
Nygs751/
Nygx751/
Nyhk751/
Nyhx751/
Nyqg751/
Nysg751/
Nhyg751/
Neigh67363/
Nijgh67301/
Ngigh67137/
Naigh678/
Najgh676/
Negsh675/
Ngegh675/
Hnykh674/
Nigsh674/
Naykh674/
Neugh672/
Niegh672/
Hnhgh671/
Nnyog671/
Nyohg671/
Niggh671/
Nygue671/
Neegh671/
Nayhk671/
Neagh671/
Nuigh670/

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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 Nygh
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