Nureye Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Nureye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nureye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia491:1,990,7408,024
Somalia91:1,494,6733,608
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Nureye (1,855) may also be a first name.

Nureye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nureye Come From? nationality or country of origin

Nureye occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nureye? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nureye is the 2,506,728th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nureye live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Nureye is also the 176,881st most numerous given name in the world It is held by 1,855 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 1,990,740. Other than Ethiopia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Somalia, where 15 percent are found and Sweden, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nureyes924/
Noureye921/
Nurye916,936/
Nuree91479/
Nurey9112/
Nuriye837,103/
Nureya832,416/
Nuuree8337/
Ngurey836/
Nuurey834/
Nuruye834/
Nourey833/
Nurzey831/
Naurey831/
Nauree831/
Nuryey831/
Nuiree831/
Nuraye831/
Nuroye831/
Noreye831/
Nurrey830/
Nuuriye77347/
Nouraee7786/
Nauraye7766/
Nuriyeh7727/
Nouryeh7719/
Neureya7717/
Nurgeya776/
Noureya775/
Noreyee771/
Nurayee771/
Nouraye771/
Ngureya771/
Nguriye771/
Nguruye771/
Nuttrey770/
Nurie735,083/
Nuray731,734/
Nurue73236/
Norey73144/
Nurej7366/
Nurae7313/
Nuroy7310/
Nurei737/
Nirey731/
Nuruy731/
Nurea731/
Ngouraye7163/
Nouriyeh7113/
Naurahee713/
Nurzayee711/
Nuraayes711/
Nureeyah711/
Nuriya6732,836/
Nuruya672,096/
Nauroy67656/
Nourie67493/
Norrey67219/
Neuray67214/
Nuraya67186/
Naurej67114/
Nureja6787/
Nurayu6784/
Nurije6755/
Nurajy6744/
Nauray6744/
Nurhie6738/
Nurray6726/
Noriye6726/
Nuraje6721/
Noreyu6714/
Nourej6713/
Nurrie6713/
Ngurei6713/
Nouray6712/
Nurzay677/
Nurejo677/
Noreya677/
Niriye675/
Nurhay674/
Nutray674/
Nureha673/
Nurrea672/
Nurgay672/
Naurie672/
Nourei672/
Noriey672/
Noorey672/
Nourea672/
Neuroy672/
Nurhae672/
Nuraiy671/
Nurayi671/
Nurruy671/
Nuryie671/
Nutroy671/
Ngurie671/
Norhey671/
Nurayo671/
Nirrey671/
Nurzei671/
Nuraei671/
Nourae671/
Nuryia671/
Nureia671/
Nnurie671/
Ngurue671/
Niraye671/
Nusray671/

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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 Nureye
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