N'Gaye Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
N'Gaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
N'Gaye (77) may also be a first name.
N'Gaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name N'Gaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name N'Gaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻜﺎﻱ) is more frequently found in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name N'Gaye? popularity and diffusion
N'Gaye is the 3,882,373rd most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name N'Gaye is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of N'Gaye are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 46 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 77 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 1,922,603. In The Ivory Coast N'Gaye is most frequent in: Montagnes District, where 92 percent reside and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 8 percent reside. Other than The Ivory Coast N'Gaye occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 42 percent reside and Benin, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
N'Gaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| N'Gaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﻜﺎﻱ | ankay | 31.25 |
| ﺍﻧﻜﻲ | anky | 18.75 |
| ﺍﻧﻘﻴﻪ | anqyh | 12.5 |
| ﺍﻧﺠﺎﻱ | anjay | 12.5 |
| ﻭﺍﻧﻜﻲ | wanky | 6.25 |
| ﺃﻧﻜﻴﻪ | ankyh | 6.25 |
| ﺍﻧﻜﺎﻳﻪ | ankayh | 6.25 |
| ﺃﻧﻘﻴﻪ | anqyh | 6.25 |
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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'Gaye
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