Ayeyi Surname

691,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 428 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Benin

Ayeyi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ayeyi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3831:462,51423,465
Benin291:356,40027,355
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ayeyi (19) may also be a first name.

Ayeyi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ayeyi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ayeyi is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ayeyi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 691,116th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 17,026,976 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ayeyi reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 19 people.

Ayeyi is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 383 people, or 1 in 462,514. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ondo, where 72 percent are found, Lagos, where 12 percent are found and Ogun, where 6 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 7 percent are found and Argentina, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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 Ayeyi
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