Anaye Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Anaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 141 | 1:1,256,332 | 50,205 |
| Ivory Coast | 30 | 1:769,041 | 20,891 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Anaye (701) may also be a first name.
Anaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Anaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻋﻨﺎﻳﻪ, Hindi: अनाये) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Anaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Anaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,231,034th most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Anaye are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Anaye is also the 312,128th most numerous forename internationally, held by 701 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 1,256,332. In Nigeria Anaye is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 44 percent are found, Lagos, where 21 percent are found and Kogi, where 18 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 16 percent are found and Niger, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Anaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Anaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻋﻨﺎﻳﻪ | anayh | - |
| Anaye in the Hindi language | ||
| अनाये | anaye | - |
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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 Anaye
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