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 held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mouaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,323,005th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name is predominantly found 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 commonly held forename globally, held by 19 people.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 649,033. In Cameroon Mouaye is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 94 percent reside, Adamawa Region, where 3 percent reside and East Region, where 3 percent reside. Other than Cameroon Mouaye exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 3 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent reside.
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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