Kuiye Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Kuiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 42 | 1:194,136 | 26,902 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Kuiye (61) may also be a first name.
Kuiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kuiye occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuiye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kuiye is the 2,944,094th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 95 percent of Kuiye are found; 95 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 95 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Kuiye is also the 1,257,960th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 61 people.
Kuiye is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 194,136. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Southern Highlands, where 81 percent live, Jiwaka, where 17 percent live and Madang, where 2 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in China, where 2 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 2 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
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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 Kuiye
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