Dagaye Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Dagaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Dagaye (26) may also be a first name.
Dagaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dagaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dagaye is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dagaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dagaye is the 2,876,555th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Dagaye reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dagaye is also the 2,084,397th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 26 people.
Dagaye is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria Dagaye is mostly found in: Adamawa, where 67 percent live, Nasarawa, where 26 percent live and Sokoto, where 4 percent live. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 15 percent live and Tanzania, where 11 percent live.
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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 Dagaye
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