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 last name Mayeya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﺭﻳﺔ) is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mayeya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 242,725th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 4,432,814 people. It occurs mostly 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 occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 696 people.
Mayeya is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 898 people, or 1 in 17,650. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Western Province, where 66 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 16 percent live and North-Western Province, where 5 percent live. Outside of Zambia it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 33 percent live and Kenya, where 7 percent live.
Mayeya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Mayeya last name is principally 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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