Piyele Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Piyele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Piyele (25) may also be a first name.
Piyele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Piyele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Piyele occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Piyele? popularity and diffusion
The surname Piyele is the 4,116,508th most common last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 91 percent of Piyele reside; 91 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 91 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 25 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 388,272. In Papua New Guinea Piyele is primarily found in: Southern Highlands, where 67 percent live, Western Highlands, where 19 percent live and National Capital District, where 14 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 9 percent live.
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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 Piyele
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