Eyai Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Eyai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Eyai (28) may also be a first name.
Eyai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eyai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Eyai is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Eyai.
How Common Is The Last Name Eyai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 44 percent of Eyai reside; 44 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 44 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 28 people.
The last name Eyai is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Southern Highlands, where 75 percent are found, Chimbu, where 8 percent are found and Eastern Highlands, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 37 percent are found and Nigeria, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Eyai
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