Miyaye Surname
Approximately 346 people bear this surname
Miyaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 327 | 1:161,901 | 14,435 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Miyaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Miyaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Miyaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﺎﻱ) occurs most in Tanzania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Miyaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 807,857th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 21,062,271 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Miyaye reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Miyaye is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 327 people, or 1 in 161,901. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Mwanza Region, where 44 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 34 percent are found and Mara Region, where 21 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 2 percent are found and Niger, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Miyaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Miyaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﺎﻱ | amyay | 75 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﺎﻳﻪ | amyayh | 25 |
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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 Miyaye
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