Ataye Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Ataye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ataye (411) may also be a first name.
Ataye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ataye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ataye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻄﺎﻱ, Hindi: अताये, Oriya: ଅତାଏ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ataye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ataye is the 2,220,661st most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Ataye live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ataye is also the 424,977th most frequently held first name globally, held by 411 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria Ataye is mostly concentrated in: Kogi, where 39 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 18 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 11 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 15 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ataye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ataye in the Hindi language | ||
| अताये | ataye | - |
| Ataye in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅତାଏ | ata'e | - |
| Ataye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻄﺎﻱ | tay | 71.43 |
| ﺃﺗﺎﻱ | atay | 28.57 |
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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 Ataye
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