Ayeye Surname
Approximately 1,628 people bear this surname
Ayeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,580 | 1:112,116 | 7,472 |
| Benin | 17 | 1:607,977 | 36,930 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ayeye (101) may also be a first name.
Ayeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ayeye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻳﻲ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayeye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ayeye is the 244,645th most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,476,380 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ayeye are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 940,641st most widespread given name worldwide, held by 101 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,580 people, or 1 in 112,116. In Nigeria Ayeye is mostly found in: Ondo, where 45 percent live, Lagos, where 11 percent live and Edo, where 6 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent live and Mauritania, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ayeye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ayeye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻳﻲ | ayy | - |
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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 Ayeye
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