Hereya Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Hereya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Hereya (13) may also be a first name.
Hereya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hereya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hereya is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hereya? popularity and diffusion
Hereya is the 5,812,366th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 82 percent of Hereya reside; 82 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 82 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 13 people.
The surname Hereya is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Hereya is most prevalent in: Enga, where 44 percent reside, Hela, where 44 percent reside and Madang, where 11 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 9 percent reside and Niger, where 9 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 Hereya
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