Achaye Surname
Approximately 402 people bear this surname
Achaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 348 | 1:112,182 | 10,900 |
| Ivory Coast | 47 | 1:490,877 | 15,694 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Achaye (63) may also be a first name.
Achaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Achaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Achaye (Marathi: आचायर्) is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Achaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Achaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 723,769th most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,128,224 people. The surname Achaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Achaye reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 64 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Achaye is also the 1,234,572nd most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 63 people.
It is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 348 people, or 1 in 112,182. In Uganda Achaye is mostly found in: Kiryandongo District, where 19 percent are found, Buliisa District, where 12 percent are found and Kampala District, where 9 percent are found. Barring Uganda this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 12 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Achaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Achaye in the Marathi language | ||
| आचायर् | acayar | - |
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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 Achaye
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