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
The last name Mongaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﺠﺎﻱ) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mongaye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Mongaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mongaye are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mongaye is also the 3,941,740th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 9 people.
The last name Mongaye is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 100 percent live. Besides South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 33 percent live and Niger, where 22 percent live.
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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