Adyei Surname
Approximately 266 people bear this surname
Adyei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 259 | 1:150,731 | 13,344 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Adyei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adyei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Adyei has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Adyei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adyei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Adyei is the 973,426th most common last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 27,396,789 people. Adyei occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Adyei reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Uganda, where it is carried by 259 people, or 1 in 150,731. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Oyam District, where 32 percent live, Apac District, where 30 percent live and Kole District, where 30 percent live. Apart from Uganda this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 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
- 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 Adyei
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