Ikaye Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Ikaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 90 | 1:1,968,253 | 69,534 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
Ikaye (27) may also be a first name.
Ikaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ikaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﺎﻱ, Marathi: इसाये) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,620,164th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ikaye are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 27 people.
The last name Ikaye is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 1,968,253. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 66 percent are found, Delta, where 30 percent are found and Lagos, where 2 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 12 percent are found and Niger, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ikaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ikaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﺎﻱ | akay | - |
| Ikaye in the Marathi language | ||
| इसाये | isaye | - |
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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 Ikaye
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