Kiyaye Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Kiyaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 66 | 1:2,683,981 | 86,518 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Kiyaye (49) may also be a first name.
Kiyaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiyaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kiyaye is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kiyaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiyaye? popularity and diffusion
Kiyaye is the 2,255,512th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname Kiyaye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kiyaye are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 49 people.
The surname Kiyaye is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 2,683,981. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 97 percent live and Lagos, where 2 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 percent live and Benin, where 1 percent live.
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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 Kiyaye
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