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
The last name Iyaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺇﻳﺎﻱ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 456,743rd most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 9,834,745 people. Iyaye occurs mostly 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 numerous first name at a global level, held by 786 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 664 people, or 1 in 266,781. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 84 percent reside, Delta, where 4 percent reside and Cross River, where 3 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Iyaye occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 5 percent reside and Niger, where 4 percent reside.
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
- 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 Iyaye
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