Eriye Surname
Approximately 186 people bear this surname
Eriye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 181 | 1:978,689 | 41,594 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Eriye (162) may also be a first name.
Eriye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eriye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eriye has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Eriye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Eriye is the 1,244,200th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 39,180,354 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Eriye live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 720,105th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 162 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 978,689. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 50 percent reside, Delta, where 24 percent reside and Lagos, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Eriye exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Eriye
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