Naiye Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Naiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Naiye (1,319) may also be a first name.
Naiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Naiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Naiye is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Naiye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Naiye is the 2,605,694th most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Naiye live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 216,403rd most frequently used forename worldwide. It is borne by 1,319 people.
The last name Naiye is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria Naiye is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 43 percent live, Rivers, where 23 percent live and Zamfara, where 23 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live and Botswana, where 7 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 Naiye
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