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 last name Abdulaye is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Abdulaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abdulaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Abdulaye is the 1,035,555th most common family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 29,989,901 people. The surname Abdulaye occurs predominantly 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 widespread first name internationally, held by 241 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 111 people, or 1 in 187,109. In Cameroon Abdulaye is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 77 percent reside, Adamawa Region, where 13 percent reside and Far North Region, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 37 percent reside and Nigeria, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Abdulaye
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