Sameye Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Sameye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 65 | 1:295,262 | 8,917 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sameye (47) may also be a first name.
Sameye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sameye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sameye has its highest incidence in Niger. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sameye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,312,869th most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. The surname Sameye occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sameye live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 47 people.
The last name Sameye is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 295,262. In Niger Sameye is mostly found in: Tillabéri Region, where 74 percent are found, Dosso Region, where 18 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 3 percent are found. Beside Niger it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 1 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 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 Sameye
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