Nyoun Surname
Approximately 294 people bear this surname
Nyoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 154 | 1:28,627 | 2,771 |
| Nigeria | 125 | 1:1,417,142 | 54,922 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nyoun (34) may also be a first name.
Nyoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyoun is found in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyoun? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 906,170th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 24,787,571 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyoun are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Nyoun is also the 1,775,424th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 34 people.
The surname Nyoun is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 28,627. In Liberia Nyoun is primarily found in: Grand Gedeh County, where 47 percent live, Montserrado County, where 45 percent live and Lofa County, where 5 percent live. Aside from Liberia this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 43 percent live and South Sudan, where 3 percent live.
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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 Nyoun
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