Alayé Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Alayé Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
The alternate forms: Alaye (5,775) are calculated separately.
Alayé Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alayé Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alayé occurs most in Benin. It can also occur in the variant forms: Alaye. For other possible spellings of Alayé click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alayé? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Alayé are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Alayé is most frequently held in Benin, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 5,167,801. Not including Benin this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in France, where 50 percent are found.
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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 Alayé
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