Ayaye Surname
Approximately 432 people bear this surname
Ayaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 141 | 1:1,256,332 | 50,205 |
| Kenya | 132 | 1:349,848 | 20,694 |
| Ivory Coast | 84 | 1:274,658 | 10,624 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
The alternate forms: Ayayé (1) are calculated separately.
Ayaye (122) may also be a first name.
Ayaye Demographics
Ayaye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ayaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ayaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻴﺎﻱ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Ayayé. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayaye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 686,443rd most widespread surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 16,869,319 people. The last name Ayaye is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Ayaye live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 45 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ayaye is also the 844,248th most widely held first name in the world, held by 122 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 141 people, or 1 in 1,256,332. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 42 percent live, Ondo, where 21 percent live and Sokoto, where 13 percent live. Not including Nigeria Ayaye is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 31 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 19 percent live.
Ayaye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Ayaye surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ayaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ayaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻴﺎﻱ | yay | 83.33 |
| ﺍﻳﺎﻱ | ayay | 16.67 |
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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 Ayaye
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