Edaye Surname
Approximately 381 people bear this surname
Edaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 339 | 1:30,489 | 4,026 |
| Mauritania | 27 | 1:151,662 | 8,378 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Edaye (143) may also be a first name.
Edaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Edaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Edaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﺍﻱ) occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Edaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 752,779th most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 19,127,417 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Edaye are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 772,378th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 143 people.
The last name Edaye is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 339 people, or 1 in 30,489. In Benin it is mostly found in: Kouffo Department, where 72 percent reside, Zou Department, where 10 percent reside and Mono Department, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Benin this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 7 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Edaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Edaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﺍﻱ | alday | 50 |
| ﺃﺩﺍﻱ | aday | 14.29 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﺍﻯ | alday | 14.29 |
| ﺍﺩﺍﻱ | aday | 14.29 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﺍﻳﻪ | aldayh | 7.14 |
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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 Edaye
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