Edeye Surname
Approximately 209 people bear this surname
Edeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 157 | 1:1,128,298 | 46,367 |
| Mauritania | 46 | 1:89,019 | 5,672 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
The alternate forms: Edeyé (1) are calculated separately.
Edeye (45) may also be a first name.
Edeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Edeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Edeye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻱ) occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be found as: Edeyé. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Edeye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,148,257th most frequent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 34,868,641 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Edeye live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Edeye is also the 1,504,468th most commonly used given name world-wide, held by 45 people.
The surname Edeye is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 1,128,298. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 61 percent are found, Edo, where 14 percent are found and Lagos, where 8 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 22 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Edeye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Edeye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﻱ | aldy | 48.28 |
| ﺍﺩﻱ | ady | 17.24 |
| ﺃﺩﻱ | ady | 13.79 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﻳﻪ | aldyh | 13.79 |
| ﺍﺩﻳﻪ | adyh | 6.9 |
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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 Edeye
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