Ketaye Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Ketaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Ketaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ketaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ketaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻄﺎﻱ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ketaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ketaye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Ketaye live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 86 percent live and Assaba Region, where 14 percent live. Beside Mauritania this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ketaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ketaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻄﺎﻱ | ktay | - |
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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 Ketaye
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