Nyonah Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Nyonah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Nyonah (75) may also be a first name.
Nyonah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyonah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyonah is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyonah? popularity and diffusion
Nyonah is the 6,360,413th most prevalent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyonah reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Nyonah is also the 1,116,575th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 75 people.
This surname is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 629,791. In Liberia Nyonah is most common in: Grand Gedeh County, where 100 percent are found. Barring Liberia this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 11 percent are found and Kenya, where 11 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 Nyonah
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