Atseye Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Atseye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 160 | 1:1,107,142 | 45,738 |
| Ivory Coast | 32 | 1:720,976 | 19,991 |
Atseye (12) may also be a first name.
Atseye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atseye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Atseye is most common in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Atseye.
How Common Is The Last Name Atseye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,218,745th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 37,955,968 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Atseye are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 12 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 160 people, or 1 in 1,107,142. In Nigeria Atseye is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 87 percent live, Lagos, where 8 percent live and Yobe, where 5 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent live.
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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 Atseye
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