Nyaye Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Nyaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nyaye (54) may also be a first name.
Nyaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyaye is found most in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,580,327th most commonly used last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname Nyaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Nyaye are found; 52 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most commonly used given name internationally. It is borne by 54 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria Nyaye is primarily found in: Taraba, where 55 percent are found, Adamawa, where 41 percent are found and Kogi, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Nyaye is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 23 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 7 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 Nyaye
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