Enye Surname
Approximately 1,831 people bear this surname
Enye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Nigeria | 445 | 1:398,074 | 20,926 |
| Cameroon | 60 | 1:346,151 | 31,109 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Enye (156) may also be a first name.
Enye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Enye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Enye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﻲ) is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Enye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Enye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 222,575th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 3,980,091 people. Enye is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Enye live; 71 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Enye is also the 735,679th most widely held forename in the world It is held by 156 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Besides Ethiopia Enye occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 24 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Enye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Enye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﻲ | alny | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﻴﻪ | alnyh | 50 |
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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 Enye
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