Sheye Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Sheye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| Denmark | 21 | 1:268,796 | 20,394 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Sheye (293) may also be a first name.
Sheye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sheye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺤﻴﺔ, Marathi: शेये) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,220,661st most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Sheye are found; 49 percent are found in West Africa and 49 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 515,650th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 293 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 4,920,632. In Nigeria Sheye is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 44 percent live, Ogun, where 19 percent live and Lagos, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 29 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.
Sheye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sheye has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sheye last name increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺤﻴﺔ | shyt | - |
| Sheye in the Marathi language | ||
| शेये | seye | - |
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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 Sheye
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