Nyiya Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Nyiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
Nyiya (141) may also be a first name.
Nyiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyiya occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nyiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyiya? popularity and diffusion
Nyiya is the 3,432,070th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Nyiya are found; 52 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 778,371st most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 141 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 100 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 36 percent live and Indonesia, where 12 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 Nyiya
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