Eyiye Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Eyiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 72 | 1:143,550 | 15,098 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Eyiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eyiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eyiye is found most in Benin. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Eyiye? popularity and diffusion
Eyiye is the 2,121,169th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. The last name Eyiye is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Eyiye reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 72 people, or 1 in 143,550. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 47 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 44 percent live and Littoral Department, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Benin this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 8 percent live and Niger, where 1 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 Eyiye
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