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 borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Anaye? popularity and diffusion
Anaye is the 1,231,034th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. The surname Anaye occurs predominantly 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 frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 701 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 141 people, or 1 in 1,256,332. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Rivers, where 44 percent reside, Lagos, where 21 percent reside and Kogi, where 18 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 16 percent reside and Niger, where 4 percent reside.
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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