Nym Surname

47,273rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,952 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cambodia
Highest density in:
Cambodia

Nym Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nym Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cambodia10,9291:1,417344
Ukraine81:5,690,337241,823
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Nym (5,281) may also be a first name.

Nym Last Name Facts

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

Nym is found most in Cambodia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nym? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nym is the 47,273rd most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 665,408 people. The last name Nym is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Nym reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 100 percent reside in Khmer-Asia. It is also the 92,970th most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 5,281 people.

Nym is most frequently held in Cambodia, where it is borne by 10,929 people, or 1 in 1,417. In Cambodia it is most numerous in: Kandal Province, where 12 percent live, Phnom Penh, where 11 percent live and Takéo Province, where 9 percent live. Not including Cambodia this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 0 percent live and Thailand, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Noym863,169/
Naym862,481/
Nyom861,286/
Nhym86111/
Nymm869/
Neym864/
Nnym862/
Nytm861/
Nymd861/
Nayme751,181/
Neyme75221/
Ngoym7596/
Nymeh7516/
Gneym754/
Nyomh752/
Noyme752/
Nahym751/
Gnaym751/
Neeym751/
Nim6713,576/
Nem674,225/
Njm67420/
Naymeh6717/
Nhm6712/
Ném672/
Năm671/
N'Eyme671/
N'Aaym671/

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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 Nym
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