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
Average Seye Salary in
United States
$33,540 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Seye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Seye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻲ) occurs most in Senegal. It may also occur in the variant forms: Séye, Sèye or Seyé. For other possible spellings of Seye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,205th most commonly used last name globally, held by around 1 in 104,999 people. Seye is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Seye live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Seye is also the 62,388th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 9,732 people.
Seye is most commonly held in Senegal, where it is carried by 64,168 people, or 1 in 227. In Senegal it is primarily concentrated in: Diourbel Region, where 29 percent reside, Dakar Region, where 27 percent reside and Louga Region, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Senegal this last name exists in 57 countries. It is also common in Mali, where 2 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside.
Seye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Seye has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Seye surname rose 6,025 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Seye Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Seye surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national 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
- 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 Seye
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