Mamaye Surname
Approximately 3,087 people bear this surname
Mamaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,898 | 1:33,660 | 3,918 |
| Uganda | 79 | 1:494,168 | 28,468 |
| Niger | 42 | 1:456,953 | 12,306 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mamaye (1,072) may also be a first name.
Mamaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mamaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mamaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻤﻲ) is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mamaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mamaye is the 144,000th most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 2,360,721 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mamaye are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 244,199th most commonly occurring given name globally, held by 1,072 people.
This last name is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 2,898 people, or 1 in 33,660. Besides Ethiopia this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 3 percent live and Niger, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mamaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mamaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻤﻲ | mmy | 50 |
| ﻣﺎﻣﺎﻱ | mamay | 50 |
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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 Mamaye
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