Mayei Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Mayei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mayei (12) may also be a first name.
Mayei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mayei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mayei is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mayei.
How Common Is The Last Name Mayei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mayei is the 3,432,070th most common surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Mayei are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequent first name world-wide, held by 12 people.
The surname Mayei is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Rivers, where 42 percent live, Bayelsa, where 27 percent live and Lagos, where 27 percent live. Other than Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live and Liberia, where 6 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 Mayei
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