Riyies Surname

1,181,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 201 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Riyies Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Riyies Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2001:230,90016,264
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Riyies (10) may also be a first name.

Riyies Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Riyies Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Riyies is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Riyies.

How Common Is The Last Name Riyies? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,181,191st most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Riyies reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 10 people.

The surname Riyies is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 200 people, or 1 in 230,900. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kajiado County, where 99 percent reside, Kiambu County, where 1 percent reside and Machakos County, where 1 percent reside. Beside Kenya this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 0 percent reside.

Riyies Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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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 Riyies
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