Agye Surname
Approximately 1,312 people bear this surname
Agye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,290 | 1:137,320 | 8,855 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Agye (256) may also be a first name.
Agye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Agye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻲ) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Agye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 291,587th most frequently used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 5,554,532 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Agye are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Agye is also the 556,659th most frequently occurring given name in the world, held by 256 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,290 people, or 1 in 137,320. In Nigeria Agye is mostly found in: Nasarawa, where 48 percent reside, Benue, where 43 percent reside and Kano, where 4 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 0 percent reside and Ghana, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agyei | 89 | 82,229 | / |
| Augye | 89 | 16 | / |
| Agyie | 89 | 15 | / |
| Eagye | 89 | 15 | / |
| Agyey | 89 | 10 | / |
| Agyeh | 89 | 5 | / |
| Agywe | 89 | 2 | / |
| Agyee | 89 | 2 | / |
| Aagye | 89 | 1 | / |
| Agy | 86 | 7,033 | / |
| Agyewa | 80 | 35 | / |
| A-Gyei | 80 | 3 | / |
| Yagyey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Agyeya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Agyawe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Awugye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Agyowe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Augyie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Agyo | 75 | 6,146 | / |
| Agya | 75 | 2,660 | / |
| Augy | 75 | 412 | / |
| Ugye | 75 | 398 | / |
| Ogye | 75 | 361 | / |
| Eagy | 75 | 114 | / |
| Agyu | 75 | 94 | / |
| Yagy | 75 | 58 | / |
| Agyi | 75 | 29 | / |
| Agyy | 75 | 6 | / |
| Aygy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Uagy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Awgy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Agyeiwa | 73 | 556 | / |
| Agyewaa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Awugyei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Agyeiwaa | 67 | 11,686 | / |
| Yagyu | 67 | 8,361 | / |
| Yagya | 67 | 1,190 | / |
| Agyao | 67 | 546 | / |
| Agyiewaa | 67 | 419 | / |
| Agyeiwah | 67 | 291 | / |
| Yeagy | 67 | 182 | / |
| Hogye | 67 | 124 | / |
| Aagya | 67 | 51 | / |
| Yugye | 67 | 44 | / |
| Agyia | 67 | 23 | / |
| Agyoh | 67 | 23 | / |
| Agyah | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ugyeh | 67 | 15 | / |
| Agyau | 67 | 8 | / |
| Agywa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Agyii | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yagyi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Agyewaah | 67 | 5 | / |
| Agyaa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Agyoa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ugyae | 67 | 4 | / |
| Agyoi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Agyay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Agyiewah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awgyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aougy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayugy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agyuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agyui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ougye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yagyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yaagy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agyya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agyoo | 67 | 1 | / |
Agye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Agye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻲ | aky | - |
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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 Agye
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