Zayye Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Zayye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Zayye (36) may also be a first name.
Zayye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zayye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zayye is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Zayye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zayye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zayye is the 7,117,718th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Zayye reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Zayye is also the 1,717,090th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 36 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 83 percent are found and Rivers, where 17 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 14 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
- 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 Zayye
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