Iyeya Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Iyeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Uganda | 28 | 1:1,394,260 | 52,673 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Iyeya (27) may also be a first name.
Iyeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iyeya is most common in The DR Congo. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyeya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,589,322nd most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. Iyeya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Iyeya live; 75 percent live in Central Africa and 75 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most widely held first name globally, held by 27 people.
The last name Iyeya is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 769,579. Aside from The DR Congo Iyeya occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 22 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Iyeya
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