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 surname Nyaye is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nyaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,580,327th most common last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. The last name Nyaye is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Nyaye reside; 52 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nyaye is also the 1,350,955th most prevalent forename internationally It is held by 54 people.
The last name Nyaye is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Taraba, where 55 percent are found, Adamawa, where 41 percent are found and Kogi, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs 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
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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 Nyaye
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