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) is more frequently found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Keyye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Keyye is the 7,117,718th most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Keyye live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Chadic Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Niger, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 3,838,403. In Niger Keyye is most prevalent in: Tillabéri Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Niger it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 14 percent live and Tanzania, where 14 percent live.
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
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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 Keyye
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