Keyye Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Keyye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Keyye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keyye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Keyye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻲ) has its highest incidence in Niger. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Keyye.
How Common Is The Last Name Keyye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Keyye are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
Keyye is most common in Niger, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 3,838,403. In Niger Keyye is mostly found in: Tillabéri Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Niger this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 14 percent are found and Tanzania, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Keyye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Keyye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻲ | ky | - |
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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 Keyye
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