Agaye Surname
Approximately 106 people bear this surname
Agaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 65 | 1:2,725,273 | 87,396 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Agaye (71) may also be a first name.
Agaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Agaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﺎﻱ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Agaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,785,358th most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. The last name Agaye is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Agaye live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Agaye is also the 1,152,838th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 71 people.
Agaye is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 2,725,273. In Nigeria Agaye is most common in: Plateau, where 54 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 37 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 12 percent are found and Cameroon, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Agaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Agaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﺎﻱ | akay | - |
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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 Agaye
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