Chiyaye Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Chiyaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Chiyaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiyaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chiyaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺎﻱ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiyaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chiyaye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 292,490. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 57 percent are found, Tiris Zemmour Region, where 29 percent are found and Guidimagha Region, where 14 percent are found. Other than Mauritania it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chiyaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chiyaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺎﻱ | alshyay | - |
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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 Chiyaye
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