Aleyu Surname
Approximately 1,660 people bear this surname
Aleyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,610 | 1:60,588 | 6,165 |
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Aleyu (2,204) may also be a first name.
Aleyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aleyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Aleyu is found in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Aleyu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Aleyu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 240,883rd most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,390,088 people. The surname Aleyu is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Aleyu live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Aleyu is also the 159,372nd most widely held forename worldwide, borne by 2,204 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,610 people, or 1 in 60,588. Other than Ethiopia this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 3 percent live and Kenya, where 0 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 Aleyu
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