Ńū

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Ńū is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Vietnam than in any other country. Recorded meaning: wife and children.

rarermore common
  • VNVietnam≈1 in 4K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 138K
  • THThailand≈1 in 33Kas นิอร

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ńū itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Vietnam (inferred from the name graph)

≈25,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
161 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 4.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Vietnam, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ŃūLatin(measured from records)
นิอรThai(measured from records)

8 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Nui in VN Vietnam, ID Indonesia, นิอร in TH Thailand, Nue in US United States and Nii in LA Laos.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

wife and children

Sources 3

Attested across 35 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ńū counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ńū is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
VN Vietnam#861≈25,000 est.≈1 in 4KlistedNui113
ID Indonesia—≈3,300 est.≈1 in 81K—Nui66
US United States—2,4171 in 138K2.2KNue161
TH Thailand—≈2,100 est.≈1 in 33K#287,413นิอร91
DK Denmark—870as Nor1 in 6.7K791—13
SE Sweden—602as Nor1 in 17K602—6
LA Laos—≈150 est.≈1 in 51K—Nii4

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ńū is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Urdu name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Pakistan

    Also written Nu, Nữ

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Ńū under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ńū mean, and where does it come from?
wife and children Recorded by Digital Pāḷi Dictionary and A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese and 1 other source.
In which country does Ńū have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 25 thousand people named Ńū in Vietnam, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nui.
How common is the name Ńū?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,417 people named Ńū in 2020, about 1 in 138 thousand residents.
How common is Ńū compared with other names?
In Vietnam, Ńū is the 861st most common given name of 73,918 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ńū” — the 861st most common given name in Vietnam. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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