Guetaye Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Guetaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 41 | 1:99,875 | 6,187 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
Guetaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guetaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guetaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻄﺎﻱ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guetaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,944,094th most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. Guetaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Guetaye live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Guetaye is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 99,875. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 37 percent reside, Assaba Region, where 20 percent reside and Hodh Chargui Region, where 20 percent reside. Other than Mauritania this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Algeria, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guetaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guetaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻄﺎﻱ | ktay | 85 |
| ﻗﻄﺎﻱ | qtay | 10 |
| ﻛﻄﺎﻳﻪ | ktayh | 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 Guetaye
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