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 frequently found in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamaye? popularity and diffusion
Hamaye is the 891,661st most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 24,211,116 people. Hamaye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hamaye live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 169,261st most prevalent forename in the world. It is borne by 1,995 people.
The surname is most widely held in Niger, where it is carried by 239 people, or 1 in 80,301. In Niger Hamaye is most common in: Tahoua Region, where 54 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 25 percent live and Dosso Region, where 10 percent live. Barring Niger this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 12 percent live and Cameroon, where 8 percent live.
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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