Mayeya Surname
Approximately 1,644 people bear this surname
Mayeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 898 | 1:17,650 | 1,975 |
| DR Congo | 547 | 1:135,063 | 14,394 |
| Kenya | 123 | 1:375,446 | 21,575 |
| Mexico | 47 | 1:2,640,983 | 21,548 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mayeya (696) may also be a first name.
Mayeya Demographics
Mayeya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mayeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mayeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mayeya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﺭﻳﺔ) is found most frequently in Zambia. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mayeya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 242,725th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 4,432,814 people. Mayeya is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Mayeya live; 55 percent live in Southern Africa and 55 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 313,309th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 696 people.
This last name is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 898 people, or 1 in 17,650. In Zambia Mayeya is most numerous in: Western Province, where 66 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 16 percent are found and North-Western Province, where 5 percent are found. Barring Zambia this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 33 percent are found and Kenya, where 7 percent are found.
Mayeya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mayeya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mayeya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﺭﻳﺔ | maryt | - |
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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 Mayeya
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