Hameye Surname
Approximately 815 people bear this surname
Hameye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 581 | 1:29,207 | 949 |
| Niger | 136 | 1:141,118 | 5,265 |
| Mauritania | 93 | 1:44,031 | 3,308 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
Hameye (695) may also be a first name.
Hameye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hameye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hameye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻤﻲ) occurs in Mali more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hameye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hameye is the 424,566th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 8,941,774 people. Hameye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hameye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Mande Africa. Hameye is also the 313,557th most numerous forename at a global level, borne by 695 people.
This surname is most numerous in Mali, where it is carried by 581 people, or 1 in 29,207. Beside Mali this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 17 percent are found and Mauritania, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hameye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hameye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻤﻲ | hmy | 63.16 |
| ﺣﻤﻴﻪ | hmyh | 28.95 |
| ﺣﺎﻣﻲ | hamy | 5.26 |
| ﻫﺎﻣﻲ | hamy | 2.63 |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hameye
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