Yeye Surname
Approximately 8,911 people bear this surname
Yeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 2,201 | 1:8,338 | 818 |
| Nigeria | 2,036 | 1:87,005 | 6,093 |
| Cameroon | 972 | 1:21,367 | 2,907 |
| Benin | 877 | 1:11,785 | 1,618 |
| DR Congo | 869 | 1:85,017 | 9,735 |
| Tanzania | 428 | 1:123,695 | 11,696 |
| South Africa | 419 | 1:129,302 | 15,146 |
| Ivory Coast | 309 | 1:74,664 | 4,133 |
| France | 130 | 1:510,944 | 71,022 |
| Indonesia | 128 | 1:1,033,197 | 75,404 |
| Haiti | 112 | 1:95,392 | 4,702 |
| Mauritania | 102 | 1:40,146 | 3,098 |
| United States | 72 | 1:5,034,152 | 256,679 |
| Uganda | 34 | 1:1,148,214 | 47,064 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Niger | 29 | 1:661,794 | 16,082 |
| Kenya | 27 | 1:1,710,367 | 35,924 |
| Uruguay | 15 | 1:228,784 | 17,372 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Congo | 13 | 1:383,777 | 9,863 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
The alternate forms: Yeyê (1) & Yéyé (14) are calculated separately.
Yeye (6,327) may also be a first name.
Yeye Demographics
Average Yeye Salary in
United States
$30,329 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yeye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻴﻪ, Oriya: େଯାେଯା) is most common in Burkina Faso. It can be found as a variant: Yeyê or Yéyé. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yeye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 56,870th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 817,815 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Yeye live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yeye is also the 82,828th most prevalent given name on earth. It is borne by 6,327 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 2,201 people, or 1 in 8,338. In Burkina Faso it is most common in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 58 percent are found, Centre Region, where 20 percent are found and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 16 percent are found. Beside Burkina Faso Yeye exists in 54 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 23 percent are found and Cameroon, where 11 percent are found.
Yeye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (96%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Yeye last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Yeye earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 44.91% less than the national average, earning R 130,908 per year and in United States they earn 29.71% less than the national average, earning $30,329 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yeye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yeye in the Oriya language | ||
| େଯାେଯା | eyaeya | 75 |
| େଯେଯ | eyeya | 25 |
| Yeye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻴﻪ | yyh | 54.76 |
| ﻳﻲ | yy | 35.71 |
| ﺍﻳﻲ | ayy | 4.76 |
| ﺍﻳﻴﻪ | ayyh | 2.38 |
| ﻳﺎﻳﻪ | yayh | 1.59 |
| ﻳﻴﻰ | yyy | 0.79 |
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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 Yeye
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