Sheyi Surname
Approximately 429 people bear this surname
Sheyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 228 | 1:776,942 | 34,923 |
| South Africa | 185 | 1:292,852 | 28,409 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Sheyi (1,757) may also be a first name.
Sheyi Demographics
Average Sheyi Salary in
South Africa
R 139,476
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sheyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sheyi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheyi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 689,921st most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 16,987,287 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sheyi are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sheyi is also the 182,678th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,757 people.
Sheyi is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 228 people, or 1 in 776,942. In Nigeria Sheyi is mostly concentrated in: Kaduna, where 25 percent live, Kano, where 20 percent live and Lagos, where 10 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 43 percent live and Gabon, where 1 percent live.
Sheyi Last Name Statistics demography
Sheyi earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.31% less than the national average, earning R 139,476 per year.
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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 Sheyi
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