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
The last name Ayeye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻳﻲ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayeye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 244,645th most widespread surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 4,476,380 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ayeye reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ayeye is also the 940,641st most widespread first name globally It is held by 101 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,580 people, or 1 in 112,116. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ondo, where 45 percent live, Lagos, where 11 percent live and Edo, where 6 percent live. Other than Nigeria it is found in 12 countries. It is also found 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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