Nahaye Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Nahaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Senegal | 7 | 1:2,082,763 | 4,662 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nahaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nahaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nahaye has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Nahaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nahaye? popularity and diffusion
Nahaye is the 3,432,070th most commonly held surname globally, held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname Nahaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nahaye are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 1,298,067. In Cameroon Nahaye is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 88 percent live, East Region, where 6 percent live and Littoral Region, where 6 percent live. Not including Cameroon Nahaye exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 21 percent live and Niger, where 15 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Nahaye
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