Nyoan Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Nyoan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 145 | 1:30,404 | 2,906 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Nyoan (45) may also be a first name.
Nyoan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyoan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyoan is found in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nyoan.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyoan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,398,030th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Nyoan reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Nyoan is also the 1,504,468th most widely held forename in the world It is held by 45 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is carried by 145 people, or 1 in 30,404. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Grand Kru County, where 79 percent are found, Maryland County, where 16 percent are found and Nimba County, where 4 percent are found. Not including Liberia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 6 percent are found and South Sudan, where 1 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 Nyoan
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