Mouye Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Mouye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 43 | 1:536,540 | 16,589 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Mouye (763) may also be a first name.
Mouye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mouye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mouye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﻳﺎ) is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mouye? popularity and diffusion
Mouye is the 2,436,415th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mouye live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mouye is also the 297,279th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 763 people.
The surname Mouye is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 536,540. In The Ivory Coast it is most common in: Lagunes District, where 100 percent are found. Besides The Ivory Coast Mouye exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 13 percent are found and Benin, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mouye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mouye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﻳﺎ | mwya | 16.67 |
| ﻣﻮﻱ | mwy | 16.67 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻪ | amyh | 16.67 |
| ﻣﻴﻪ | myh | 16.67 |
| ﺍﻣﻲ | amy | 16.67 |
| ﻣﻲ | my | 16.67 |
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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 Mouye
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