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
Mayei occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mayei.
How Common Is The Last Name Mayei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mayei is the 3,432,070th most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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. Mayei is also the 3,306,491st most widespread first name globally, borne by 12 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria Mayei is most numerous in: Rivers, where 42 percent live, Bayelsa, where 27 percent live and Lagos, where 27 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name 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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