Mongaye Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Mongaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
Mongaye (9) may also be a first name.
Mongaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mongaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mongaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﺠﺎﻱ) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mongaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Mongaye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mongaye reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,941,740th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 9 people.
Mongaye is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa Mongaye is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 100 percent reside. Other than South Africa Mongaye occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 33 percent reside and Niger, where 22 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mongaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mongaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻨﺠﺎﻱ | mnjay | 66.67 |
| ﻣﻨﺠﺎﻯ | mnjay | 33.33 |
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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 Mongaye
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