Iyey Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Iyey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Iyey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iyey is most common in The DR Congo. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Iyey occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Iyey are found; 44 percent are found in Central Africa and 44 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Iyey is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 18,469,892. Excluding The DR Congo it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 22 percent are found and Niger, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Iyey
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