Eguey Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Eguey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 13 | 1:314,989 | 13,616 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Eguey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eguey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eguey (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻲ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Eguey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,649,889th most common family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. Eguey is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Eguey reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 314,989. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Trarza Region, where 54 percent live, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 31 percent live and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 8 percent live. Aside from Mauritania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 22 percent live and Morocco, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Eguey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eguey in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻲ | aky | 62.5 |
| ﺃﻛﻲ | aky | 37.5 |
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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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- 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 Eguey
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