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 surname Ateyo is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ateyo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ateyo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 919,444th most numerous last name globally, borne by around 1 in 25,303,979 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ateyo live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 642,605th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 199 people.
The last name is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 254 people, or 1 in 181,811. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Turkana County, where 100 percent reside and Trans Nzoia County, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 11 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 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 Ateyo
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