Nyieh Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Nyieh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 34 | 1:129,663 | 9,726 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Nyieh (19) may also be a first name.
Nyieh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyieh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyieh is found most in Liberia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nyieh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyieh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,274,477th most widespread family name globally It is held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nyieh are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most prevalent given name at a global level. It is borne by 19 people.
It is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 129,663. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Lofa County, where 53 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 44 percent are found and Grand Cape Mount County, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Liberia it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent are found and Thailand, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Nyieh
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