Namiye Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Namiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 96 | 1:165,103 | 11,556 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Namiye (1,688) may also be a first name.
Namiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Namiye (Marathi: नािमये) is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namiye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Namiye is the 1,666,404th most widely held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Namiye live; 81 percent live in Southern Africa and 81 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Namiye is also the 187,233rd most widespread forename worldwide. It is borne by 1,688 people.
The surname Namiye is most widespread in Zambia, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 165,103. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Western Province, where 77 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 20 percent live and Central Province, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 4 percent live and Brazil, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Namiye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Namiye in the Marathi language | ||
| नािमये | naimaye | - |
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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 Namiye
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