Iyaye Surname
Approximately 741 people bear this surname
Iyaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 664 | 1:266,781 | 15,249 |
| Mauritania | 36 | 1:113,746 | 6,801 |
| Niger | 31 | 1:619,097 | 15,317 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Iyaye (786) may also be a first name.
Iyaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Iyaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺇﻳﺎﻱ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyaye? popularity and diffusion
Iyaye is the 456,743rd most frequently used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 9,834,745 people. The last name Iyaye is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Iyaye live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 292,462nd most frequently used first name globally, borne by 786 people.
Iyaye is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 664 people, or 1 in 266,781. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Rivers, where 84 percent are found, Delta, where 4 percent are found and Cross River, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 5 percent are found and Niger, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Iyaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iyaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺇﻳﺎﻱ | ayay | 58.82 |
| ﺍﻳﺎﻱ | ayay | 23.53 |
| ﺇﻳﺎﻳﻪ | ayayh | 5.88 |
| ﺃﻳﺎﻱ | ayay | 5.88 |
| ﺍﻳﻴﻪ | ayyh | 5.88 |
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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 Iyaye
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