Djaye Surname
Approximately 1,452 people bear this surname
Djaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 1,059 | 1:12,835 | 1,627 |
| Benin | 253 | 1:40,852 | 5,255 |
| Niger | 57 | 1:336,702 | 9,822 |
| Cameroon | 38 | 1:546,554 | 42,843 |
| Mauritania | 28 | 1:146,245 | 8,155 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Djaye (834) may also be a first name.
Djaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Djaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Djaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺟﺎﻱ) occurs in Chad more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Djaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Djaye is the 268,717th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 5,018,971 people. Djaye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Djaye reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Djaye is also the 282,756th most widespread given name worldwide, held by 834 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Chad, where it is held by 1,059 people, or 1 in 12,835. Excluding Chad this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 17 percent live and Niger, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Djaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Djaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺟﺎﻱ | ajay | 58.33 |
| ﺍﺩﺟﺎﻱ | adjay | 16.67 |
| ﺟﺎﻱ | jay | 16.67 |
| ﺍﻟﺠﺎﺝ | aljaj | 8.33 |
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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 Djaye
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