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) is carried by more people in Mali than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Hameye.
How Common Is The Last Name Hameye? popularity and diffusion
Hameye is the 424,566th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 8,941,774 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hameye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 313,557th most widespread first name on earth It is held by 695 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Mali, where it is held by 581 people, or 1 in 29,207. Excluding Mali it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 17 percent reside and Mauritania, where 11 percent reside.
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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- 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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