Cheye Surname
Approximately 304 people bear this surname
Cheye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 130 | 1:355,230 | 20,851 |
| Ivory Coast | 94 | 1:245,439 | 9,826 |
| Liberia | 29 | 1:152,018 | 10,911 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Cheye (511) may also be a first name.
Cheye Demographics
Cheye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Cheye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cheye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﻪ) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheye? popularity and diffusion
Cheye is the 885,573rd most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 23,972,191 people. The last name Cheye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Cheye reside; 44 percent reside in East Africa and 39 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Cheye is also the 374,142nd most frequently occurring forename world-wide. It is borne by 511 people.
The surname Cheye is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 130 people, or 1 in 355,230. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Vihiga County, where 62 percent reside, Nandi County, where 28 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Kenya Cheye occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 31 percent reside and Liberia, where 10 percent reside.
Cheye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻴﻪ | shyh | 68.42 |
| ﺍﺷﻴﻪ | ashyh | 10.53 |
| ﺷـﻲ | shy | 5.26 |
| ﺷﻴﻰ | shyy | 5.26 |
| ﺷﻲ | shy | 5.26 |
| ﺷﺎﻳﻪ | shayh | 5.26 |
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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
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- 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 Cheye
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