Zeye Surname
Approximately 1,378 people bear this surname
Zeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 1,015 | 1:18,081 | 1,302 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Zeye (161) may also be a first name.
Zeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zeye (Arabic: زايه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺰﻱ) occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Zeye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zeye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Zeye is the 280,304th most common last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 5,288,495 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Zeye reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 66 percent reside in Mande Africa. It is also the 722,635th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 161 people.
The surname Zeye is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 1,015 people, or 1 in 18,081. In Burkina Faso Zeye is most prevalent in: Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 88 percent live, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 5 percent live and Centre Region, where 5 percent live. Apart from Burkina Faso Zeye is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 20 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zeye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zeye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺰﻱ | alzy | 36.36 |
| ﺯﻳﻪ | zyh | 33.33 |
| ﺯﻱ | zy | 12.12 |
| ﺯﻳﺔ | zyt | 6.06 |
| ﺍﻟﺰﻳﻪ | alzyh | 6.06 |
| ﺍﺯﻱ | azy | 3.03 |
| ﺍﻟﺰﻳﺔ | alzyt | 3.03 |
| Zeye in the Arabic language | ||
| زايه | zayh | - |
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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 Zeye
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