Maghaye Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Maghaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Maghaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maghaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maghaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻘﻲ) occurs most in Mauritania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maghaye? popularity and diffusion
Maghaye is the 5,057,639th most widespread family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Maghaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Maghaye live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most common in Mauritania, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 292,490. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Guidimagha Region, where 100 percent are found. Other than Mauritania Maghaye occurs in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maghaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maghaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻘﻲ | mqy | 60 |
| ﻣﻜﺎﻱ | mkay | 20 |
| ﻣﺎﻗﺎﻱ | maqay | 20 |
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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 Maghaye
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