Egueye Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Egueye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Egueye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Egueye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Egueye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻲ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Egueye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Egueye is the 3,141,416th most numerous surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Egueye reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 5,714,283. In Nigeria Egueye is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 68 percent are found, Lagos, where 26 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 3 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 15 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Egueye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Egueye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻲ | aky | 50 |
| ﺃﻛﻴﻪ | akyh | 12.5 |
| ﺃﻛﻲ | aky | 12.5 |
| ﺁﻛﻲ | aky | 12.5 |
| ﺍﻛﻴﻪ | akyh | 12.5 |
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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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- 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 Egueye
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