Shureye Surname
Approximately 199 people bear this surname
Shureye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 196 | 1:68,633 | 2,887 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
Shureye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shureye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shureye is held by more people in Somalia than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shureye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,189,614th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 36,620,834 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Shureye reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in Cushitic Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Somalia, where it is borne by 196 people, or 1 in 68,633. Excluding Somalia it is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 2 percent live.
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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 Shureye
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