Nyor Surname

163,271st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,661 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nyor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,6471:66,9224,891
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nyor (421) may also be a first name.

Nyor Last Name Facts

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

Nyor (Hindi: न्योर, Russian: Нёр) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyor? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 163,271st most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 2,738,649 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyor are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nyor is also the 418,786th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 421 people.

The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,647 people, or 1 in 66,922. In Nigeria Nyor is most common in: Benue, where 84 percent live, Rivers, where 10 percent live and Taraba, where 2 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 0 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nayor89479/
Neyor89152/
Nyoor8929/
Nuyor896/
Noyor894/
Nnyor891/
Nyorr891/
Nyorh891/
Nyhor891/
Nyr8652/
Nnayor803/
Naiyor801/
Nayyor801/
Noir755,984/
Njor751,036/
Neor75901/
Nyar75570/
Nhor75138/
Nayr75137/
Nior75120/
Gnor7543/
Nyrø757/
Noyr757/
Neyr755/
Nyrt751/
Nyár751/
Nyrd751/
Nyrh751/
Nyrz751/
Nytr751/
Nhyr751/
Nyorova7345/
Ngaayor731/
Naiyore731/
Nihor673,962/
Nayre672,278/
Noire671,176/
Najor67688/
Niort67599/
Njore67534/
Nojor67354/
Naior67220/
Niord67171/
Njord67113/
Nytrø6785/
Ngior6759/
Niore6756/
Noyre6753/
Nytræ6752/
Neior6742/
Nijor6738/
Neyre6737/
Gnore6737/
Noirt6733/
Neorr6730/
Nehor6729/
Nehyr6728/
Neorh6720/
Njoor6716/
Njorh6715/
Nyaar6713/
Neeor6711/
Noird6710/
Nahyr678/
Neore676/
Nyard676/
Nioor674/
Noior674/
Njior674/
Njour674/
Nayır673/
Neour672/
Nujor672/
Naayr672/
Niorr671/
Neeyr671/
Neyrd671/
Nejor671/
Nuyre671/
Hneyr671/
Gnour671/
Neord671/
Nieor671/
Nhour671/
Njosr671/
Naysr671/
Nyasr671/
Nytår671/
Neohr670/
Gnoir670/
Nuior670/
Gnorr670/

Nyor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nyor in the Hindi language
न्योरn'yora-
Nyor in the Russian language
Нёрner-

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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
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  • 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 Nyor
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