Mounaye Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Mounaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Mounaye (218) may also be a first name.
Mounaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mounaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mounaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﺎﻳﻪ) is found most in Cameroon. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mounaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mounaye is the 4,532,898th most widespread last name globally, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Mounaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mounaye live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Chadic Africa. Mounaye is also the 611,412th most frequently used given name globally, held by 218 people.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,384,605. In Cameroon Mounaye is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 93 percent live and Centre Region, where 7 percent live. Not including Cameroon Mounaye exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 16 percent live and Mauritania, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mounaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mounaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻨﺎﻳﻪ | mnayh | 44.93 |
| ﻣﻨﺎﻱ | mnay | 34.78 |
| ﻣﻮﻧﺎﻱ | mwnay | 7.25 |
| ﻣﻨﺎﻳﺔ | mnayt | 5.8 |
| ﻣﻮﻧﺎﻳﻪ | mwnayh | 4.35 |
| ﻣﻮﻧﺎﻳﺔ | mwnayt | 1.45 |
| ﻣﻮﻧﺎﻳﺎ | mwnaya | 1.45 |
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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 Mounaye
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