Ngaye Surname
Approximately 1,700 people bear this surname
Ngaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| South Africa | 329 | 1:164,674 | 18,420 |
| Cameroon | 248 | 1:83,746 | 10,190 |
| Tanzania | 215 | 1:246,240 | 19,907 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Senegal | 10 | 1:1,457,934 | 3,873 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
The alternate forms: Ngayé (1) are calculated separately.
Ngaye (871) may also be a first name.
Ngaye Demographics
Average Ngaye Salary in
South Africa
R 96,600
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Ngaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻜﻲ) is found in Chad more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Ngayé. Click here for further possible spellings of Ngaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ngaye is the 236,399th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 4,286,792 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ngaye are found; 40 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 275,682nd most commonly held forename in the world, borne by 871 people.
This last name is most common in Chad, where it is held by 578 people, or 1 in 23,516. Without taking into account Chad this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 19 percent live and Cameroon, where 15 percent live.
Ngaye Last Name Statistics demography
Ngaye earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.35% less than the national average, earning R 96,600 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ngaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ngaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﻜﻲ | anky | - |
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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 Ngaye
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