Alaye Surname
Approximately 5,775 people bear this surname
Alaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,086 | 1:84,920 | 5,975 |
| Ethiopia | 1,932 | 1:50,490 | 5,344 |
| Benin | 922 | 1:11,210 | 1,532 |
| Burkina Faso | 386 | 1:47,544 | 2,182 |
| Niger | 237 | 1:80,979 | 3,512 |
| Argentina | 98 | 1:436,157 | 32,981 |
| Iran | 34 | 1:2,258,310 | 76,749 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Paraguay | 7 | 1:1,033,821 | 9,769 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
The alternate forms: Alayé (4) are calculated separately.
Alaye (11,695) may also be a first name.
Alaye Demographics
Alaye Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Alaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻼﻱ, Marathi: एलये) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Alayé. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alaye? popularity and diffusion
Alaye is the 83,762nd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,261,913 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Alaye live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 55,155th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 11,695 people.
Alaye is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,086 people, or 1 in 84,920. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 34 percent are found, Lagos, where 10 percent are found and Yobe, where 9 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Alaye is found in 30 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 33 percent are found and Benin, where 16 percent are found.
Alaye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Alaye surname is primarily Christian (67%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻼﻱ | lay | 66.67 |
| ﺃﻋﻠﻲ | aly | 33.33 |
| Alaye in the Marathi language | ||
| एलये | elaye | 44.44 |
| आलये | alaye | 44.44 |
| एलाये | elaye | 11.11 |
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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 Alaye
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