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 carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Eyiye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Eyiye is the 2,121,169th most frequently used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. The last name Eyiye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Eyiye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Eyiye is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 143,550. In Benin Eyiye is primarily concentrated in: Zou Department, where 47 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 44 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 7 percent are found. Not including Benin this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 8 percent are found and Niger, where 1 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
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- 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
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