Iyeh Surname
Approximately 2,549 people bear this surname
Iyeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,390 | 1:127,441 | 8,328 |
| Djibouti | 949 | 1:964 | 110 |
| Cameroon | 135 | 1:153,845 | 16,852 |
| Indonesia | 55 | 1:2,404,531 | 143,692 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Iyeh (758) may also be a first name.
Iyeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iyeh is found most in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Iyeh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyeh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Iyeh is the 169,344th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,858,982 people. The last name Iyeh is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Iyeh are found; 55 percent are found in West Africa and 55 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iyeh is also the 298,355th most frequent given name worldwide, borne by 758 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,390 people, or 1 in 127,441. In Nigeria Iyeh is most frequent in: Kogi, where 49 percent are found, Rivers, where 11 percent are found and Delta, where 7 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Djibouti, where 37 percent are found and Cameroon, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iyesh | 89 | 310 | / |
| Hiyeh | 89 | 21 | / |
| Iye | 86 | 3,024 | / |
| Ayeh | 75 | 17,262 | / |
| Ijeh | 75 | 9,393 | / |
| Iyah | 75 | 4,926 | / |
| Uyeh | 75 | 1,532 | / |
| Eyeh | 75 | 836 | / |
| Oyeh | 75 | 637 | / |
| Yiye | 75 | 506 | / |
| Giye | 75 | 352 | / |
| Iyoh | 75 | 285 | / |
| Iyed | 75 | 83 | / |
| Iyee | 75 | 76 | / |
| Iyae | 75 | 58 | / |
| Hiye | 75 | 52 | / |
| Iyet | 75 | 49 | / |
| Iyes | 75 | 44 | / |
| Iyep | 75 | 35 | / |
| Iyoe | 75 | 22 | / |
| Ieye | 75 | 15 | / |
| Ihye | 75 | 12 | / |
| Eieh | 75 | 10 | / |
| Aieh | 75 | 7 | / |
| Ioye | 75 | 4 | / |
| Iyez | 75 | 4 | / |
| Iieh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yehï | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oiyh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yyeh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Yjeh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ijyh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ye | 67 | 7,320,967 | / |
| Ayesh | 67 | 29,701 | / |
| Ie | 67 | 9,716 | / |
| Ojieh | 67 | 2,302 | / |
| Ayedh | 67 | 1,786 | / |
| Ajieh | 67 | 1,630 | / |
| Hayeh | 67 | 1,166 | / |
| Ejieh | 67 | 476 | / |
| Aiech | 67 | 398 | / |
| Aiesh | 67 | 315 | / |
| Ijieh | 67 | 253 | / |
| Ayieh | 67 | 222 | / |
| Aiysh | 67 | 208 | / |
| Ayech | 67 | 174 | / |
| Hiyah | 67 | 103 | / |
| Hoyeh | 67 | 79 | / |
| Geieh | 67 | 61 | / |
| Eyesh | 67 | 60 | / |
| Yiyee | 67 | 32 | / |
| Yihye | 67 | 22 | / |
| Eyieh | 67 | 21 | / |
| Iyash | 67 | 19 | / |
| Oyieh | 67 | 18 | / |
| Uyehe | 67 | 16 | / |
| Aiych | 67 | 12 | / |
| Iyadh | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ujieh | 67 | 8 | / |
| Hieye | 67 | 8 | / |
| Auyeh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Heyeh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Oyech | 67 | 6 | / |
| Eyeph | 67 | 4 | / |
| Heieh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ihyah | 67 | 4 | / |
| Egieh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Uyieh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gaieh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uyesh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hiyed | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owieh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hijeh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oyehe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oyehh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aiedh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aiydh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eiyoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goieh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yieah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eyech | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eeyeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iggeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igieh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ugieh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oiedh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aiieh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ehyeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iyodh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oieth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oiyhh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yhieh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aieph | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aiehe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haieh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayheh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iehii | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hiyee | 67 | 0 | / |
| Uiehe | 67 | 0 | / |
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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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- 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 Iyeh
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