Hammeye Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Hammeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Hammeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hammeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hammeye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﺎﻣﻲ) is carried by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hammeye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,593,402nd most commonly used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Hammeye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hammeye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Chadic Africa.
This last name is most common in Niger, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 4,798,004. In Niger Hammeye is primarily concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 75 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 25 percent are found. Barring Niger this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mali, where 17 percent are found and Mauritania, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hammeye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hammeye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﺎﻣﻲ | hamy | - |
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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 Hammeye
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