Nyife Surname

1,328,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nyife Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nyife Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1671:124,36614,149
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098

Nyife Last Name Facts

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

Nyife is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyife? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,328,442nd most widespread surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyife live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 167 people, or 1 in 124,366. In Cameroon Nyife is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 99 percent are found, Centre Region, where 1 percent are found and West Region, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon it is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyifeh9126/
Nyifi80115/
Nyefe8014/
Njife802/
Niefer73320/
Niefes7359/
Njifie7352/
Niefej7319/
Neeife732/
Nyefeh731/
Nyefes731/
Nieffer6742/
Nietfed676/
Naayifa672/
Nehifeh671/
Nehifei671/
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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 Nyife
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