Yameye Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Yameye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 46 | 1:417,218 | 11,489 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yameye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yameye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yameye is found most frequently in Niger. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yameye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,843,861st most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name Yameye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yameye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
It is most prevalent in Niger, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 417,218. In Niger Yameye is most common in: Dosso Region, where 100 percent reside. Other than Niger this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Yameye
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