Guije Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Guije Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Guije Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guije Come From? nationality or country of origin
Guije (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻴﺞ) is carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guije? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,812,366th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Guije occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Guije are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Niger, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 2,399,002. In Niger it is most frequent in: Maradi Region, where 100 percent live. Barring Niger this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in El Salvador, where 9 percent live and Mauritania, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guije Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guije in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻴﺞ | kyj | - |
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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 Guije
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