Abdulaye Surname
Approximately 243 people bear this surname
Abdulaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 111 | 1:187,109 | 19,561 |
| Niger | 91 | 1:210,901 | 7,017 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Abdulaye (241) may also be a first name.
Abdulaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abdulaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abdulaye is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abdulaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,035,555th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 29,989,901 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Abdulaye are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 39 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 575,894th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 241 people.
Abdulaye is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 111 people, or 1 in 187,109. In Cameroon Abdulaye is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 77 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 13 percent are found and Far North Region, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 37 percent are found and Nigeria, where 11 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 Abdulaye
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