Deaye Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Deaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 51 | 1:86,442 | 7,100 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Deaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Deaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Deaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻋﻴﻪ) is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Deaye? popularity and diffusion
Deaye is the 2,530,696th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Deaye live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 86,442. In Liberia it is most frequent in: Grand Gedeh County, where 88 percent live, Montserrado County, where 10 percent live and Nimba County, where 2 percent live. Excluding Liberia Deaye is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Deaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Deaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻋﻴﻪ | dyh | - |
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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 Deaye
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