Ereyu Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Ereyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Ereyu (47) may also be a first name.
Ereyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ereyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ereyu is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ereyu? popularity and diffusion
Ereyu is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name Ereyu occurs mostly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Ereyu are found; 97 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 97 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,467,136th most frequently used given name world-wide, borne by 47 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 291,204. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Morobe, where 61 percent live, Madang, where 36 percent live and Chimbu, where 4 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, 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 Ereyu
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