Wyei Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Wyei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Wyei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wyei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wyei has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wyei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wyei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wyei is the 5,587,209th most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Wyei live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Wyei is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Wyei is most common in: Kaduna, where 100 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 25 percent are found and Liberia, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Wyei
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