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
Acaye occurs most in Uganda. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Acaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Acaye? popularity and diffusion
Acaye is the 84,098th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,267,840 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Acaye live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Acaye is also the 1,212,820th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 65 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 5,432 people, or 1 in 7,187. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Gulu District, where 32 percent reside, Nebbi District, where 15 percent reside and Amuru District, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Uganda this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in India, where 5 percent reside and England, where 0 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
- 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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