Mikaye Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Mikaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 54 | 1:855,183 | 32,488 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mikaye (132) may also be a first name.
Mikaye Demographics
Mikaye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mikaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mikaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mikaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻜﺎﻱ) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mikaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,994,173rd most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Mikaye are found; 63 percent are found in East Africa and 60 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Mikaye is also the 807,735th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 132 people.
The last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 855,183. In Kenya Mikaye is primarily found in: Kisii County, where 94 percent reside, Kericho County, where 2 percent reside and Nyamira County, where 2 percent reside. Beside Kenya Mikaye occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 13 percent reside and Nigeria, where 8 percent reside.
Mikaye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Mikaye last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mikaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mikaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻜﺎﻱ | mkay | - |
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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 Mikaye
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