Eiye Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Eiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 64 | 1:127,402 | 17,396 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
Eiye (74) may also be a first name.
Eiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Eiye occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Eiye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,293,424th most frequently used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 93 percent of Eiye reside; 93 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 93 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Eiye is also the 1,125,792nd most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 74 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 127,402. In Papua New Guinea Eiye is mostly found in: Southern Highlands, where 89 percent live, Morobe, where 8 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 2 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 4 percent live and Benin, where 3 percent live.
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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 Eiye
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