Buyeye Surname
Approximately 1,329 people bear this surname
Buyeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,029 | 1:52,651 | 6,653 |
| DR Congo | 280 | 1:263,856 | 24,810 |
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Buyeye (146) may also be a first name.
Buyeye Demographics
Average Buyeye Salary in
South Africa
R 149,184
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Buyeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buyeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buyeye occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buyeye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 288,583rd most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,483,481 people. The surname Buyeye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buyeye live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 763,528th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 146 people.
The surname Buyeye is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,029 people, or 1 in 52,651. In South Africa Buyeye is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 52 percent live, Gauteng, where 18 percent live and Western Cape, where 16 percent live. Besides South Africa this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 21 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.
Buyeye Last Name Statistics demography
Buyeye earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.22% less than the national average, earning R 149,184 per year.
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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 Buyeye
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