Nanaye Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Nanaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 81 | 1:236,938 | 7,651 |
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
Nanaye (183) may also be a first name.
Nanaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nanaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nanaye (Marathi: नानये) occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nanaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,333,288th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Nanaye are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 48 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Nanaye is also the 673,127th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 183 people.
This surname is most common in Niger, where it is carried by 81 people, or 1 in 236,938. In Niger Nanaye is most numerous in: Tahoua Region, where 57 percent live, Maradi Region, where 23 percent live and Agadez Region, where 10 percent live. Apart from Niger Nanaye occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 42 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nanaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nanaye in the Marathi language | ||
| नानये | nanaye | - |
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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 Nanaye
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