Moulaye Surname
Approximately 4,096 people bear this surname
Moulaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 1,757 | 1:2,331 | 280 |
| Mali | 1,484 | 1:11,435 | 561 |
| Niger | 372 | 1:51,591 | 2,566 |
| Algeria | 210 | 1:183,960 | 22,643 |
| Ivory Coast | 188 | 1:122,719 | 6,022 |
| Burkina Faso | 16 | 1:1,147,006 | 10,865 |
| Iran | 15 | 1:5,118,835 | 123,814 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Moulaye (25,407) may also be a first name.
Moulaye Demographics
Average Moulaye Salary in
United States
$5,271 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Moulaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moulaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moulaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﻻﻱ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Moulaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 113,003rd most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,779,186 people. The last name Moulaye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Moulaye live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 31,612th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 25,407 people.
It is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is held by 1,757 people, or 1 in 2,331. In Mauritania Moulaye is primarily found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 25 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 14 percent live and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 8 percent live. Apart from Mauritania this last name is found in 22 countries. It is also found in Mali, where 36 percent live and Niger, where 9 percent live.
Moulaye Last Name Statistics demography
Moulaye earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 87.78% less than the national average, earning $5,271 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moulaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moulaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﻻﻱ | mwlay | 82.28 |
| ﻣﻼﻱ | mlay | 13.82 |
| ﻣﻮﻻﻯ | mwlay | 2.89 |
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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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- 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 Moulaye
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