Ayye Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Ayye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 30 | 1:639,734 | 15,675 |
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
The alternate forms: Ayyé (1) are calculated separately.
Ayye (73) may also be a first name.
Ayye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ayye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻳﻪ, Hindi: अय्ये) is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Ayyé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayye? popularity and diffusion
Ayye is the 2,483,783rd most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Ayye reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Ayye is also the 1,134,117th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 73 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Niger, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 639,734. In Niger Ayye is primarily found in: Zinder Region, where 47 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 27 percent live and Tillabéri Region, where 17 percent live. Besides Niger it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 38 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ayye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ayye in the Hindi language | ||
| अय्ये | ayye | - |
| Ayye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﻳﻪ | ayh | 80 |
| ﺁﻱ | ay | 20 |
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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 Ayye
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