Acheye Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Acheye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 17 | 1:240,874 | 11,443 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
Acheye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Acheye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Acheye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺎﺷﻴﻪ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Acheye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,432,070th most widespread family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Acheye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 240,874. In Mauritania Acheye is primarily concentrated in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 71 percent live and Brakna Region, where 29 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritania this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 48 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Acheye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Acheye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺎﺷﻴﻪ | ashyh | 75 |
| ﻋﺎﺷﻲ | ashy | 25 |
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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 Acheye
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