Ayeya Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Ayeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ayeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ayeya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺤﻲ, Hindi: अयेय, Marathi: आयेया) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayeya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,718,172nd most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Ayeya reside; 45 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Ayeya is primarily found in: Delta, where 95 percent are found and Lagos, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 41 percent are found and India, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ayeya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ayeya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺤﻲ | yhy | - |
| Ayeya in the Hindi language | ||
| अयेय | ayeya | - |
| Ayeya in the Marathi language | ||
| आयेया | ayeya | - |
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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
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- 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 Ayeya
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