Thieye Surname
Approximately 148 people bear this surname
Thieye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 112 | 1:130,173 | 1,180 |
| Mauritania | 34 | 1:120,437 | 7,101 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
The alternate forms: Thiéye (22) & Thièye (1) are calculated separately.
Thieye (14) may also be a first name.
Thieye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thieye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thieye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻲ) is more commonly found in Senegal than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Thiéye or Thièye. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thieye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Thieye is the 1,447,279th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Thieye live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 14 people.
The last name Thieye is most frequently used in Senegal, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 130,173. In Senegal Thieye is mostly found in: Louga Region, where 50 percent are found, Diourbel Region, where 47 percent are found and Saint Louis Region, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Senegal this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 23 percent are found and Poland, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thieye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thieye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻲ | ty | 61.9 |
| ﺗﻴﻲ | tyy | 23.81 |
| ﺟﻲ | jy | 4.76 |
| ﺗﻴﻪ | tyh | 4.76 |
| ﺍﺗﻲ | aty | 4.76 |
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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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- 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 Thieye
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