Etaye Surname
Approximately 1,324 people bear this surname
Etaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Etaye (44) may also be a first name.
Etaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Etaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Etaye is found most in Ethiopia. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Etaye? popularity and diffusion
Etaye is the 289,472nd most common last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 5,504,189 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Etaye live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Etaye is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 44 people.
The surname Etaye is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Without taking into account Ethiopia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Etaye
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