Hamaye Surname
Approximately 301 people bear this surname
Hamaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 239 | 1:80,301 | 3,487 |
| Mauritania | 35 | 1:116,996 | 6,922 |
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
Hamaye (1,995) may also be a first name.
Hamaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hamaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻤﻲ) is more commonly found in Niger than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Hamaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hamaye is the 891,661st most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 24,211,116 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hamaye live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Chadic Africa. Hamaye is also the 169,261st most numerous first name internationally, borne by 1,995 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Niger, where it is held by 239 people, or 1 in 80,301. In Niger it is primarily found in: Tahoua Region, where 54 percent are found, Tillabéri Region, where 25 percent are found and Dosso Region, where 10 percent are found. Besides Niger this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 12 percent are found and Cameroon, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻤﻲ | hmy | 44.44 |
| ﺣﻤﻴﻪ | hmyh | 38.89 |
| ﺣﻤﺎﻳﻪ | hmayh | 11.11 |
| ﺣﻤﺎﻳﺔ | hmayt | 5.56 |
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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 Hamaye
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