Memye Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Memye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Memye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Memye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Memye is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Memye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Memye is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Memye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Memye reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Memye is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 50 percent live and North Region, where 50 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 50 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 Memye
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