Kiye Surname
Approximately 1,070 people bear this surname
Kiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 373 | 1:208,637 | 15,162 |
| DR Congo | 239 | 1:309,120 | 27,984 |
| Cameroon | 204 | 1:101,809 | 12,019 |
| Indonesia | 88 | 1:1,502,832 | 101,066 |
| Zimbabwe | 80 | 1:192,978 | 22,657 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Liberia | 17 | 1:259,326 | 15,766 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Kiye (279) may also be a first name.
Kiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kiye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻴﻪ, Hindi: किये) is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kiye is the 342,798th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 6,810,791 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Kiye live; 40 percent live in Central Africa and 39 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 531,524th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 279 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is carried by 373 people, or 1 in 208,637. In Turkey Kiye is most numerous in: Van Province, where 82 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 10 percent are found and Canakkale Province, where 3 percent are found. Not including Turkey this last name is found in 22 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 22 percent are found and Cameroon, where 19 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kiye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kiye in the Hindi language | ||
| किये | kiye | - |
| Kiye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻴﻪ | kyh | 55.56 |
| ﻛﻲ | ky | 33.33 |
| ﻛﻰ | ky | 11.11 |
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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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- 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 Kiye
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