Nureye Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Nureye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
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 is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nureye? popularity and diffusion
Nureye is the 2,506,728th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nureye reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Nureye is also the 176,881st most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 1,855 people.
This surname is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 1,990,740. Other than Ethiopia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Somalia, where 15 percent reside and Sweden, where 2 percent reside.
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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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