Nyeye Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Nyeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 283 | 1:187,073 | 16,148 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
Nyeye (122) may also be a first name.
Nyeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyeye is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyeye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 914,967th most widespread surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 25,129,469 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyeye live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nyeye is also the 844,248th most common forename at a global level, held by 122 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 283 people, or 1 in 187,073. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Tabora Region, where 88 percent reside, Shinyanga Region, where 3 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, 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 Nyeye
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