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 surname Ayeye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻳﻲ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayeye? popularity and diffusion
Ayeye is the 244,645th most frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 4,476,380 people. It occurs mostly 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 prevalent first name globally, borne by 101 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,580 people, or 1 in 112,116. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ondo, where 45 percent reside, Lagos, where 11 percent reside and Edo, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Ayeye is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent reside and Mauritania, where 0 percent reside.
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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