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 occurs most in Niger. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sameye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,312,869th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sameye live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Chadic Africa. Sameye is also the 1,467,136th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 47 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Niger, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 295,262. In Niger it is most frequent in: Tillabéri Region, where 74 percent reside, Dosso Region, where 18 percent reside and Niamey Capital District, where 3 percent reside. Not including Niger this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 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 Sameye
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