Mouaye Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Mouaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Mouaye (19) may also be a first name.
Mouaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mouaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mouaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻌﻲ) is found most in Cameroon. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mouaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mouaye is the 3,323,005th most widespread last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. Mouaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mouaye are found; 91 percent are found in Central Africa and 89 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mouaye is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name in the world, held by 19 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 649,033. In Cameroon Mouaye is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 94 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 3 percent live and East Region, where 3 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 3 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mouaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mouaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻌﻲ | my | - |
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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 Mouaye
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