Ageye Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Ageye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ageye (18) may also be a first name.
Ageye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ageye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ageye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻛﻴﻪ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ageye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ageye is the 6,063,924th most frequently held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Ageye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Ageye are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 18 people.
The last name Ageye is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ekiti, where 71 percent are found, Kogi, where 14 percent are found and Oyo, where 14 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 10 percent are found and Uganda, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ageye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ageye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﻛﻴﻪ | akyh | - |
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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 Ageye
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