Ateyo Surname
Approximately 288 people bear this surname
Ateyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 254 | 1:181,811 | 13,664 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ateyo (199) may also be a first name.
Ateyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ateyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ateyo is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ateyo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 919,444th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 25,303,979 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ateyo reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 642,605th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 199 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 254 people, or 1 in 181,811. In Kenya Ateyo is most prevalent in: Turkana County, where 100 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 0 percent live. Besides Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 11 percent live and The DR Congo, 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 Ateyo
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