Acaye Surname
Approximately 5,748 people bear this surname
Acaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 5,432 | 1:7,187 | 1,253 |
| India | 288 | 1:2,663,421 | 83,248 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Acaye (65) may also be a first name.
Acaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Acaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Acaye is found most frequently in Uganda. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Acaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Acaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Acaye is the 84,098th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,267,840 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Acaye are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 85 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,212,820th most common first name on earth, held by 65 people.
Acaye is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 5,432 people, or 1 in 7,187. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Gulu District, where 32 percent are found, Nebbi District, where 15 percent are found and Amuru District, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Uganda Acaye occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in India, where 5 percent are found and England, where 0 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 Acaye
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