Danyaye Surname

1,070,546th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 232 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Danyaye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Danyaye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2181:812,58136,138
Iran141:5,484,466128,255

Danyaye (90) may also be a first name.

Danyaye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Danyaye Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Danyaye is found most in Nigeria. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Danyaye.

How Common Is The Last Name Danyaye? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,070,546th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Danyaye are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,005,046th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 90 people.

The last name Danyaye is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 218 people, or 1 in 812,581. In Nigeria Danyaye is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 42 percent reside, Sokoto, where 38 percent reside and Kebbi, where 19 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Danyaye exists in one country. It also occurs in Iran, where 6 percent reside.

Danyaye Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.

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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 Danyaye
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