Nizeye Surname
Approximately 572 people bear this surname
Nizeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 321 | 1:121,618 | 11,523 |
| DR Congo | 171 | 1:432,044 | 35,878 |
| Burundi | 36 | 1:272,357 | 409 |
| Rwanda | 36 | 1:315,694 | 1,449 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Nizeye (171) may also be a first name.
Nizeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nizeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nizeye is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nizeye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 556,360th most prevalent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 12,740,465 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nizeye live; 69 percent live in East Africa and 69 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 698,971st most numerous first name internationally It is held by 171 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 321 people, or 1 in 121,618. In Uganda Nizeye is most common in: Kisoro District, where 29 percent are found, Mubende District, where 21 percent are found and Kyenjojo District, where 9 percent are found. Beside Uganda Nizeye occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 30 percent are found and Burundi, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Nizeye
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