Teye Surname
Approximately 34,619 people bear this surname
Teye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 33,597 | 1:804 | 122 |
| Tanzania | 219 | 1:241,743 | 19,666 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Nigeria | 153 | 1:1,157,796 | 47,225 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| United States | 101 | 1:3,588,702 | 200,455 |
| Mauritania | 48 | 1:85,310 | 5,518 |
| England | 42 | 1:1,326,620 | 59,571 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Teye (3,080) may also be a first name.
Teye Demographics
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Teye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Teye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Teye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻴﻪ, Russian: Тэйэ) is found most frequently in Ghana. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Teye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 16,092nd most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 210,507 people. The surname Teye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Teye are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 130,008th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 3,080 people.
The surname Teye is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is carried by 33,597 people, or 1 in 804. Excluding Ghana this last name exists in 43 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 1 percent are found and Egypt, where 0 percent are found.
Teye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Teye has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Teye surname rose 918 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Teye Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Teye surname are 14.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.54% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Teye earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 28.49% less than the national average, earning R 169,944 per year and in United States they earn 10.64% less than the national average, earning $38,560 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Teye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Teye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻴﻪ | tyh | 42.86 |
| ﺗﻲ | ty | 39.29 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﻲ | alty | 7.14 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﻴﻪ | altyh | 3.57 |
| ﺗﻴﺔ | tyt | 3.57 |
| ﺍﺗﻲ | aty | 2.38 |
| Teye in the Russian language | ||
| Тэйэ | teje | - |
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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
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- 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 Teye
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