Yeyevi Surname
Approximately 310 people bear this surname
Yeyevi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 309 | 1:33,449 | 4,371 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Yeyevi (62) may also be a first name.
Yeyevi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yeyevi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yeyevi is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yeyevi? popularity and diffusion
Yeyevi is the 872,430th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 23,508,213 people. Yeyevi is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yeyevi live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Yeyevi is also the 1,246,114th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 62 people.
Yeyevi is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is held by 309 people, or 1 in 33,449. In Benin Yeyevi is most common in: Kouffo Department, where 92 percent reside, Zou Department, where 4 percent reside and Mono Department, where 2 percent reside. Not including Benin Yeyevi is found in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeye'vi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yetoyevi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Yayevi | 83 | 95 | / |
| Oyeyebi | 77 | 154 | / |
| Yehjevi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jeevi | 73 | 337 | / |
| Yeyvy | 73 | 16 | / |
| Ejevi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Yeywe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yeóvi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yeybi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yuyevich | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ahyeyeva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yawevi | 67 | 54 | / |
| Yeyewa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ejeevi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Yeybee | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ajeevi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yeyava | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yeyebe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aiyevi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yoyovi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yayavi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jeyvis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yayeva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yeyabi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yeayue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yuyeva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eseyevich | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jeyuvi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Yeyevi
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