Alayeh Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Alayeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Alayeh (12) may also be a first name.
Alayeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alayeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alayeh occurs most in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alayeh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,909,720th most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname Alayeh occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Alayeh reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alayeh is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name globally, held by 12 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria Alayeh is most prevalent in: Delta, where 53 percent reside, Ogun, where 23 percent reside and Lagos, where 20 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 11 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 Alayeh
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