Seye Surname
Approximately 69,406 people bear this surname
Seye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 64,168 | 1:227 | 45 |
| Mali | 1,097 | 1:15,469 | 651 |
| Ivory Coast | 882 | 1:26,158 | 1,842 |
| Spain | 722 | 1:64,754 | 5,838 |
| Nigeria | 437 | 1:405,361 | 21,214 |
| Mauritania | 419 | 1:9,773 | 1,014 |
| Gabon | 303 | 1:6,235 | 1,152 |
| France | 265 | 1:250,652 | 38,735 |
| United States | 241 | 1:1,503,979 | 102,346 |
| Burkina Faso | 120 | 1:152,934 | 3,867 |
| Belgium | 98 | 1:117,313 | 17,342 |
| Brazil | 95 | 1:2,253,414 | 69,998 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| South Africa | 61 | 1:888,159 | 57,770 |
| Benin | 60 | 1:172,260 | 17,125 |
| Cameroon | 47 | 1:441,895 | 37,035 |
| Canada | 42 | 1:877,276 | 67,671 |
| England | 37 | 1:1,505,893 | 64,828 |
| Italy | 30 | 1:2,038,556 | 89,453 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Liberia | 28 | 1:157,448 | 11,209 |
| Denmark | 17 | 1:332,042 | 23,714 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Séye (26), Sèye (5) & Seyé (1) are calculated separately.
Seye (9,732) may also be a first name.
Seye Demographics
Seye Political Affiliation
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Seye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Seye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻲ) is found in Senegal more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Séye, Sèye or Seyé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,205th most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 104,999 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Seye reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Seye is also the 62,388th most frequent first name globally It is held by 9,732 people.
The surname is most widely held in Senegal, where it is held by 64,168 people, or 1 in 227. In Senegal it is most frequent in: Diourbel Region, where 29 percent are found, Dakar Region, where 27 percent are found and Louga Region, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Senegal this surname is found in 57 countries. It is also found in Mali, where 2 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found.
Seye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Seye has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Seye surname increased 6,025 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Seye Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Seye surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 80% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Seye earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 25.62% less than the national average, earning R 176,760 per year; in United States they earn 22.27% less than the national average, earning $33,540 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.86% less than the national average, earning $31,369 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻲ | sy | 90.44 |
| ﺳﻴﻪ | syh | 3.68 |
| ﺳﺎﻱ | say | 2.94 |
| ﺳﻴﻲ | syy | 1.47 |
| ﺍﺳﻲ | asy | 0.74 |
| ﺳﻴﻰ | syy | 0.74 |
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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
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- 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 Seye
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