Hamye Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Hamye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Hamye (57) may also be a first name.
Hamye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hamye is most common in Niger. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hamye is the 6,063,924th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Hamye live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 57 people.
It is most widely held in Niger, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 3,198,670. In Niger Hamye is most prevalent in: Tillabéri Region, where 83 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Niger this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 30 percent reside and Cameroon, where 10 percent reside.
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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 Hamye
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