Lagaye Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Lagaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 40 | 1:479,800 | 12,724 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Lagaye (18) may also be a first name.
Lagaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lagaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lagaye has its highest incidence in Niger. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lagaye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,580,327th most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Lagaye are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Lagaye is also the 2,608,198th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 18 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 479,800. In Niger it is most frequent in: Tillabéri Region, where 85 percent live and Niamey Capital District, where 15 percent live. Not including Niger this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in France, where 18 percent live and Nigeria, where 5 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Lagaye
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