Diaye Surname
Approximately 1,556 people bear this surname
Diaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 560 | 1:7,312 | 803 |
| Mali | 452 | 1:37,542 | 1,092 |
| Ivory Coast | 277 | 1:83,290 | 4,478 |
| Guinea | 58 | 1:204,031 | 996 |
| Niger | 55 | 1:348,946 | 10,096 |
| Senegal | 49 | 1:297,538 | 1,663 |
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Diaye (1,941) may also be a first name.
Diaye Demographics
Average Diaye Salary in
United States
$31,969 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Diaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Diaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Diaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﺎﻱ) is most common in Mauritania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Diaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Diaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Diaye is the 253,937th most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,683,513 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Diaye live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 39 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 172,127th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 1,941 people.
The surname Diaye is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is held by 560 people, or 1 in 7,312. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 21 percent reside, Gorgol Region, where 20 percent reside and Guidimagha Region, where 16 percent reside. Besides Mauritania this last name is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in Mali, where 29 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 18 percent reside.
Diaye Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Diaye surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.
Diaye earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 25.91% less than the national average, earning $31,969 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Diaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Diaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﺎﻱ | jay | 31.25 |
| ﺍﺟﺎﻱ | ajay | 21.88 |
| ﺍﻧﺠﺎﻱ | anjay | 18.75 |
| ﺟﻲ | jy | 9.38 |
| ﺍﻟﺠﺎﻱ | aljay | 6.25 |
| ﺃﺟﺎﻱ | ajay | 6.25 |
| ﺩﻱ | dy | 3.13 |
| ﺃﻧﺠﺎﻱ | anjay | 3.13 |
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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 Diaye
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