Nyonie Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Nyonie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nyonie (24) may also be a first name.
Nyonie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyonie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyonie is found most in Malawi. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nyonie.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyonie? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nyonie is the 1,491,356th most prevalent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyonie live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 24 people.
It is most widely held in Malawi, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Excluding Malawi this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 4 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Nyonie
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