Moullaye Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Moullaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Moullaye (14) may also be a first name.
Moullaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moullaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moullaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﻻﻱ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Moullaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Moullaye live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Chadic Africa. Moullaye is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 14 people.
The last name Moullaye is most common in Mauritania, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 50 percent live and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 50 percent live. Aside from Mauritania Moullaye occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 40 percent live and France, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moullaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moullaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﻻﻱ | mwlay | - |
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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 Moullaye
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