Shiey Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Shiey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Shiey (32) may also be a first name.
Shiey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shiey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shiey is found most in Cameroon. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shiey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Shiey is primarily found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Shiey reside; 33 percent reside in Central Africa and 33 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Shiey is also the 1,840,253rd most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 32 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Shiey is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent live and Brazil, where 17 percent live.
Shiey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Shiey has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Shiey
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