N'Djaye Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
N'Djaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 81 | 1:50,554 | 3,714 |
| Burkina Faso | 14 | 1:1,310,864 | 11,575 |
| Guinea | 6 | 1:1,972,303 | 1,775 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
N'Djaye (16) may also be a first name.
N'Djaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name N'Djaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name N'Djaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﺠﺎﻱ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name N'Djaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,775,494th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The last name N'Djaye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of N'Djaye are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. N'Djaye is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent forename globally. It is borne by 16 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 50,554. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Brakna Region, where 35 percent reside, Trarza Region, where 33 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 14 percent reside. Other than Mauritania this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 13 percent reside and Guinea, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
N'Djaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| N'Djaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﺠﺎﻱ | anjay | 72.97 |
| ﺃﻧﺠﺎﻱ | anjay | 18.92 |
| ﻧﺠﺎﻱ | njay | 2.7 |
| ﺍﻧﺠﺎﻳﻪ | anjayh | 2.7 |
| ﺍﻧﺠﺎﻯ | anjay | 2.7 |
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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 N'Djaye
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