Hyy Surname

1,189,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 199 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cambodia
Highest density in:
Cambodia

Hyy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hyy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cambodia1961:79,0162,192
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Hyy (304) may also be a first name.

Hyy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hyy Come From? nationality or country of origin

Hyy occurs more in Cambodia more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Hyy click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hyy? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hyy is the 1,189,614th most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 36,620,834 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Hyy reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Khmer-Asia. It is also the 504,994th most frequently used given name at a global level, held by 304 people.

The last name is most frequent in Cambodia, where it is held by 196 people, or 1 in 79,016. In Cambodia Hyy is most prevalent in: Battambang Province, where 20 percent live, Sihanoukville Province, where 16 percent live and Siem Reap Province, where 16 percent live. Besides Cambodia Hyy occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in China, where 1 percent live and Singapore, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khyy86174/
Chyy86132/
Uhyy861/
Hy8010,472/
Yy80163/
Hohyy751/
Khyoy751/
Huy67169,619/
Hay67130,160/
Chy6780,240/
Hoy6732,219/
Hey6715,392/
Yoy673,656/
Hyd672,196/
Hys671,520/
Høy67701/
Khy67555/
Hyz67449/
Ohy67229/
Hyt67205/
Hyi67197/
Ahy67156/
Háy67104/
Hyp6775/
Hiy6715/
Hyh6714/
Jyy678/
Hhy677/
Hjy675/
Hyß673/
Uhy671/

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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 Hyy
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